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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  Macacus 
  (Pithex) 
  oinops 
  Hodg., 
  Journ. 
  Asiat. 
  Soc. 
  Beng., 
  IX, 
  

  

  1840, 
  p. 
  1212, 
  fig. 
  p. 
  1213; 
  X, 
  1841, 
  p. 
  908; 
  Id. 
  Calc. 
  Journ. 
  

  

  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  II, 
  1842, 
  p. 
  212; 
  IV, 
  1844, 
  p. 
  285; 
  Id. 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  

  

  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  VIII, 
  1st 
  Ser., 
  1842, 
  p. 
  315, 
  fig. 
  

   Macacus 
  oinops 
  Gray, 
  Handb. 
  Mamm. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1843, 
  p. 
  8; 
  

  

  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  141, 
  pi. 
  XXIV, 
  

  

  fig. 
  367. 
  

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

  

  Anim. 
  Natur., 
  fasc. 
  I, 
  1856, 
  pp. 
  116-120. 
  

   Macacus 
  (Pithecus) 
  erythrceus 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  

  

  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  137, 
  figs. 
  345-348, 
  354-356. 
  

   Macacus 
  (Pithecus) 
  geron 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  

  

  1862, 
  p. 
  139, 
  pi. 
  XXIV, 
  fig. 
  351 
  ? 
  

  

  BENGAL 
  MACAQUE. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  the 
  Godaveri 
  River, 
  Northern 
  India 
  ; 
  

   Cashmere 
  at 
  5,000 
  feet 
  elevation 
  ; 
  Jako 
  Hill, 
  Simla, 
  8,500 
  feet, 
  (intro- 
  

   duced) 
  ; 
  Nepal, 
  (Hodgson); 
  Guzerat, 
  Central 
  Provinces; 
  in 
  Bengal 
  

   and 
  Northern 
  Circars, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  near 
  Bombay. 
  Replaced 
  in 
  

   Assam 
  and 
  Burma 
  by 
  M. 
  assamensis, 
  although 
  Anderson 
  states, 
  

   (Zool. 
  Yunnan, 
  pp. 
  56 
  and 
  57), 
  that 
  he 
  obtained 
  at 
  Momien 
  and 
  the 
  

   Hotha 
  valley 
  specimens 
  of 
  Macaques 
  closely 
  resembling 
  P. 
  rhesus, 
  

   and 
  another 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Marfels 
  from 
  Burma, 
  but 
  with- 
  

   out 
  locality. 
  It 
  is 
  probable, 
  however, 
  that 
  these 
  were 
  really 
  P. 
  assam- 
  

   ensis. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Head, 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  body 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  back 
  bistre 
  

   with 
  a 
  grayish 
  tinge 
  speckled 
  with 
  buff, 
  the 
  hairs 
  being 
  purplish 
  brown 
  

   banded 
  with 
  buff 
  on 
  apical 
  half; 
  this 
  color 
  grades 
  into 
  orange 
  red 
  

   on 
  lower 
  back, 
  rump 
  and 
  thighs 
  ; 
  arms 
  gray 
  speckled 
  with 
  buff 
  ; 
  under 
  

   parts 
  and 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  grayish 
  white 
  ; 
  tail 
  short, 
  Prout's 
  brown 
  

   above, 
  yellowish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  face 
  and 
  ears 
  flesh 
  color 
  ; 
  callosities 
  red. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  930; 
  tail, 
  330; 
  foot, 
  145. 
  Skull: 
  

   total 
  length, 
  145.4; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  115.5; 
  Hensel, 
  108.3; 
  zygo- 
  

   matic 
  breadth, 
  96.3 
  ; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  50 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  braincase, 
  67.6 
  ; 
  

   median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  34.2 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  60 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  

   series, 
  37; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  118; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  49.2. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  Hodgson's 
  M. 
  oinops 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  a 
  skin 
  

   in 
  fair 
  condition 
  ; 
  the 
  skull 
  showing 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  young 
  adult 
  male. 
  It 
  is 
  

   now 
  a 
  dark 
  brown, 
  some 
  hairs 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  shoulders 
  slightly 
  speckled 
  

   with 
  buff, 
  and 
  the 
  thighs 
  beginning 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  orange 
  red 
  hue 
  of 
  P. 
  

   rhesus; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  arms 
  and 
  legs 
  blackish 
  brown; 
  under 
  parts 
  

  

  