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  Cynocephalus 
  silenus 
  (nee 
  Linn.), 
  Wagn., 
  Schreb., 
  Saugth. 
  Suppl., 
  

  

  V, 
  1855, 
  p. 
  62. 
  

   Pithecus 
  (Macacus) 
  silenus 
  (nee 
  Linn.), 
  Dahlb., 
  Stud. 
  Zool. 
  Fam. 
  

  

  Reg. 
  Natur., 
  fasc. 
  I, 
  1856, 
  pp. 
  106, 
  119. 
  

   Vetulus 
  silenus 
  (nee 
  Linn.), 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  

  

  1862, 
  p. 
  125, 
  pi. 
  XXII, 
  figs. 
  321-323. 
  

   Silenus 
  veter 
  Gray, 
  Cat. 
  Monkeys, 
  Lemurs 
  and 
  Fruit-eating 
  Bats, 
  

  

  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1870, 
  p. 
  32. 
  

   Inuus 
  silenus 
  Jerd., 
  Mamm. 
  Ind., 
  1874, 
  p. 
  10. 
  

  

  LION-TAILED 
  MACAQUE. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  "Egypt." 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Southern 
  India; 
  the 
  western 
  Ghats 
  below 
  Goa 
  to 
  

   Cape 
  Comorin. 
  Not 
  found 
  in 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Face 
  surrounded 
  by 
  very 
  long 
  hairs, 
  meeting 
  under 
  

   the 
  chin 
  forming 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  ruff 
  ; 
  tail 
  slender, 
  tufted. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Long 
  hairs 
  about 
  face 
  and 
  on 
  throat 
  between 
  a 
  wood 
  

   brown 
  and 
  drab 
  gray, 
  entire 
  rest 
  of 
  pelage 
  and 
  tail 
  black. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  910; 
  tail, 
  380; 
  foot, 
  170, 
  (skin). 
  

   Skull 
  : 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  96.6 
  ; 
  Hensel, 
  84.5 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  89.9 
  ; 
  

   intertemporal 
  width, 
  40.8 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  45.2 
  ; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  

   nasals, 
  29.4; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  30.7; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  

   83.1 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  38.9. 
  

  

  Considerable 
  confusion 
  has 
  existed 
  regarding 
  the 
  proper 
  name 
  to 
  

   be 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Blanford 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  has 
  shown 
  that 
  the 
  

   one 
  given 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  cannot 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  12th 
  edition 
  

   of 
  the 
  Systema 
  Naturae, 
  1766, 
  has 
  generally 
  been, 
  until 
  comparatively 
  

   lately, 
  the 
  starting 
  point 
  for 
  nomenclature 
  by 
  Naturalists, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  

   work, 
  the 
  Malabar 
  Macaque 
  is 
  certainly 
  not 
  described, 
  for 
  there 
  

   Linnaeus 
  states 
  his 
  5. 
  silenus 
  has, 
  "caudata 
  barbata 
  nigra, 
  barba 
  nigra 
  

   prolixa," 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  answer 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  which 
  has 
  not 
  a 
  black 
  

   beard. 
  In 
  the 
  10th 
  edition 
  1758, 
  another 
  description 
  is 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  

   same 
  animal, 
  "caudata 
  barbata, 
  copore 
  nigro, 
  barba 
  nivea 
  prolixa." 
  

   which 
  is 
  much 
  nearer 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  monkey 
  called 
  silenus 
  by 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  the 
  writers. 
  In 
  both 
  editions 
  the 
  first 
  citation 
  is 
  Alp. 
  /Egypt, 
  

   242? 
  Linnaeus, 
  as 
  is 
  most 
  probable, 
  never 
  saw 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  

   monkey, 
  and 
  his 
  description 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  Alpinus 
  which 
  

   was 
  founded 
  upon 
  a 
  drawing. 
  But 
  Alpinus 
  says 
  his 
  monkey 
  had 
  a 
  

   black 
  beard, 
  and 
  Linnaeus 
  noticing 
  the 
  discrepancy 
  between 
  his 
  diag- 
  

   nosis 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  Alpinus 
  cites 
  his 
  work 
  with 
  a 
  query. 
  

  

  Alpinus 
  gives 
  three 
  figures 
  as 
  described 
  by 
  Blanford, 
  two 
  on 
  plate 
  

   XX 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  plate 
  XXI. 
  Figure 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  plate 
  "represents 
  

  

  