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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  they 
  are 
  so 
  rarely 
  molested), 
  and 
  feed 
  on 
  spiders 
  and 
  many 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  insects 
  especially 
  Orthoptera 
  and 
  Lepidoptera, 
  besides 
  fruit 
  and 
  

   seeds. 
  Among 
  themselves 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  quarrelsome, 
  constantly 
  

   fighting 
  and 
  screaming 
  or 
  teasing 
  each 
  other. 
  They 
  have 
  no 
  fear 
  of 
  

   water 
  and 
  swim 
  well. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  remarkably 
  few 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museums 
  of 
  the 
  world; 
  the 
  animals 
  being 
  considered 
  sacred 
  in 
  India, 
  

   makes 
  their 
  capture 
  a 
  difficult 
  matter; 
  for 
  the 
  natives 
  would 
  cer- 
  

   tainly 
  resent 
  the 
  killing 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  monkeys, 
  and 
  so 
  comparatively 
  

   few 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  Collectors. 
  

  

  PiTHECUS 
  BREVICATJDTJS 
  Elliot. 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  brachyurus 
  (nee 
  H. 
  Smith), 
  Elliot, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  

  

  IV, 
  1909, 
  8th 
  Ser., 
  p. 
  251. 
  

   Macacus 
  erythrceus 
  (nee 
  Cuv.), 
  Swinhoe, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  

  

  1870, 
  p. 
  226. 
  

  

  ISLAND 
  OF 
  HAINAN 
  MACAQUE. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Island 
  of 
  Hainan. 
  Type 
  in 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Top 
  of 
  head, 
  nape, 
  hind 
  neck, 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  body 
  to 
  

   rump 
  speckled 
  black 
  and 
  russet 
  ; 
  rump 
  dark 
  orange 
  rufous 
  ; 
  arms 
  and 
  

   hands 
  speckled 
  blackish 
  and 
  buff, 
  hairs 
  gray 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  and 
  this 
  

   color 
  gives 
  a 
  dominant 
  tone 
  to 
  the 
  rest; 
  flanks 
  and 
  legs 
  ochraceous, 
  

   unspeckled; 
  long, 
  stiff, 
  black 
  hairs 
  on 
  superciliary 
  line; 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  

   yellowish 
  gray; 
  some 
  black 
  hairs 
  on 
  cheeks 
  forming 
  a 
  short 
  line 
  

   beneath 
  eyes; 
  face 
  flesh 
  color, 
  becoming 
  blackish 
  on 
  lips 
  which 
  are 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  hairs; 
  chin, 
  throat 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  

   of 
  body 
  to 
  anal 
  region 
  yellowish 
  white 
  ; 
  hairs 
  about 
  scrotum 
  and 
  anal 
  

   region 
  orange 
  and 
  rufous 
  like 
  rump 
  ; 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  legs 
  yellowish, 
  feet 
  

   brownish 
  gray; 
  tail 
  above 
  speckled 
  blackish 
  brown 
  and 
  ochraceous, 
  

   beneath 
  paler. 
  Ex 
  type 
  American 
  Museum 
  Natural 
  History, 
  New 
  

   York. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  730; 
  tail, 
  220; 
  foot, 
  135. 
  Skull: 
  

   total 
  length, 
  116.1; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  100; 
  intertemporal 
  length, 
  

   46.3; 
  breadth 
  of 
  braincase, 
  60.6; 
  Hensel, 
  78.3; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  81.8; 
  

   median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  25; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  42.3; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  

   canines, 
  21; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  29.8; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  

   82.2 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  36.6. 
  Ex 
  type 
  American 
  Museum 
  

   Natural 
  History, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  This 
  Macaque, 
  while 
  having 
  a 
  general 
  resemblance 
  to 
  P. 
  rhesus 
  

   of 
  India, 
  differs 
  in 
  various 
  ways 
  from 
  that 
  species. 
  The 
  tail 
  is 
  much 
  

  

  