﻿PITHECUS 
  195 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  fuscatus 
  (Blyth). 
  

  

  Inuus 
  fuscatus 
  Blyth, 
  Journ. 
  Asiat. 
  Soc. 
  Beng., 
  XLIV, 
  1875, 
  extra 
  

   no. 
  p. 
  6. 
  

  

  Cynopithecus 
  speciosus 
  (nee 
  Cuv.), 
  Less., 
  Spec. 
  Mamm., 
  1840, 
  

   p. 
  102. 
  

  

  Inuus 
  speciosus 
  (nee 
  Cuv.), 
  Wagn., 
  Schreb., 
  Saugth. 
  Suppl., 
  I, 
  

   1840, 
  p. 
  146; 
  V, 
  1855, 
  p. 
  58; 
  Gray, 
  Handb. 
  Mamm. 
  Brit. 
  

   Mus., 
  1843, 
  p. 
  8; 
  Schinz, 
  Syn. 
  Mamm., 
  I, 
  1844, 
  p. 
  59; 
  Temm., 
  

   Faun. 
  Japon., 
  Mamm., 
  1847, 
  p. 
  9, 
  pi. 
  I, 
  figs. 
  1-8, 
  pi. 
  II, 
  figs. 
  

   1-6. 
  

  

  Macacus 
  speciosus 
  (nee 
  Cuv.), 
  I. 
  Geoff., 
  Cat. 
  Primates, 
  1851, 
  p. 
  

   31; 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  141, 
  pi. 
  

   XXIV, 
  figs. 
  365, 
  366; 
  Sclat, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1864, 
  

   p. 
  710; 
  1875, 
  p. 
  418; 
  Mivart, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1865, 
  

   p. 
  563, 
  (footnote) 
  ; 
  Gray, 
  Cat. 
  Monkeys, 
  Lemurs 
  and 
  Fruit- 
  

   eating 
  Bats, 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1870, 
  p. 
  32; 
  Murie, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  

   Lond., 
  1872, 
  p. 
  780; 
  Schleg., 
  Mus. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  Simiae, 
  1876, 
  

   p. 
  114. 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  (Macacus) 
  speciosus 
  Dahlb., 
  Stud. 
  Zool. 
  Fam. 
  Reg. 
  

   Anim. 
  Natur., 
  fasc. 
  I, 
  1856, 
  pp. 
  116, 
  119. 
  

  

  Macacus 
  fuscatus 
  Thos., 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1905, 
  p. 
  336; 
  

   Pocock, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1906, 
  p. 
  558. 
  

  

  JAPANESE 
  MACAQUE. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Japan, 
  locality 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Islands 
  of 
  Yakushima 
  and 
  Nippon 
  to 
  41° 
  North 
  

   Latitude 
  ; 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  about 
  Kyoto. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Fur 
  thick, 
  soft, 
  long; 
  whiskers 
  and 
  beard 
  present; 
  

   face 
  naked 
  ; 
  tail 
  short 
  ; 
  callosities 
  large. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  from 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  Japan, 
  of 
  both 
  sexes, 
  and 
  from 
  one 
  

   of 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  the 
  following 
  descriptions 
  : 
  

  

  Color. 
  Male. 
  Yakushima 
  Island. 
  No. 
  5. 
  11. 
  3. 
  1. 
  The 
  general 
  

   appearance 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  blackish 
  brown 
  animal 
  speckled 
  with 
  yellow, 
  

   the 
  hairs 
  on 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  being 
  grayish, 
  uniform 
  on 
  basal 
  

   half, 
  and 
  then 
  banded 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  buff 
  for 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  length, 
  

   and 
  tipped 
  with 
  buff. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  general 
  coloring 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   limbs. 
  A 
  black 
  streak 
  on 
  the 
  forehead 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  eyes 
  extending 
  

   backwards 
  over 
  the 
  ears 
  to 
  nape; 
  face 
  partly 
  naked, 
  cheeks 
  covered 
  

   with 
  short 
  buffy 
  hairs 
  ; 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  black 
  ; 
  chin, 
  throat, 
  entire 
  under 
  

   parts 
  and 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  gray 
  ; 
  tail 
  very 
  short, 
  hairs 
  gray 
  at 
  base, 
  

  

  