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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  Brit. 
  Ind., 
  Mamm, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  23; 
  Forbes, 
  Handb. 
  Primates, 
  

  

  II, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  35 
  ; 
  Pocock, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1906, 
  p. 
  558. 
  

   Inuus 
  (Macacus) 
  sinicus 
  Wagn., 
  Schreb., 
  Saugth. 
  Suppl., 
  V, 
  1855, 
  

  

  p. 
  56. 
  

   Cynamolgos 
  (Zati) 
  sinicus 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  

  

  1862, 
  p. 
  130, 
  pi. 
  XXIII, 
  figs. 
  327-329. 
  

   Cynamolgos 
  (Zati) 
  audeberti 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  

  

  1862, 
  p. 
  132, 
  pi. 
  XXIII, 
  fig. 
  331. 
  

   Cercocebus 
  sinicus 
  Schleg., 
  Mus. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  Simise, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  99. 
  

  

  BONNET 
  MACAQUE. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Bengal. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Southern 
  India; 
  north, 
  possibly, 
  to 
  the 
  Godaveri 
  

   River, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  to 
  Bombay. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Face 
  naked 
  ; 
  forehead 
  sparsely 
  haired, 
  the 
  hair 
  parted 
  

   in 
  the 
  center 
  ; 
  hair 
  on 
  crown 
  radiating 
  from 
  a 
  central 
  point 
  in 
  all 
  direc- 
  

   tions 
  but 
  not 
  falling 
  over 
  forehead; 
  hairs 
  on 
  upper 
  parts 
  moderately 
  

   long 
  ; 
  ears 
  naked, 
  prominent 
  ; 
  tail 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Male. 
  Hairs 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  brownish 
  olive 
  on 
  

   basal 
  half, 
  remainder 
  banded 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  and 
  buff, 
  giving 
  a 
  red- 
  

   dish 
  brown 
  hue 
  to 
  these 
  parts; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  olive 
  gray; 
  under 
  

   parts 
  and 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  yellowish 
  white; 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  similar 
  

   to 
  the 
  limbs 
  but 
  darker 
  in 
  hue 
  ; 
  tail 
  above 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  back, 
  being 
  

   blackish 
  brown 
  at 
  base 
  graduating 
  into 
  bistre 
  towards 
  the 
  tip, 
  beneath 
  

   yellowish 
  white 
  like 
  under 
  parts. 
  

  

  Female 
  is 
  somewhat 
  lighter, 
  one 
  before 
  me 
  from 
  Travancore, 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  Collection 
  No. 
  19. 
  a. 
  being 
  an 
  almost 
  uniform 
  olive 
  

   brown 
  above, 
  with 
  but 
  slight 
  evidence 
  of 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  hairs; 
  limbs 
  

   paler, 
  uniform 
  olive 
  grayish 
  brown; 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  blackish 
  brown; 
  

   under 
  parts, 
  body 
  and 
  limbs 
  yellowish 
  white; 
  tail 
  above 
  like 
  back, 
  

   beneath 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  Face 
  and 
  callosities 
  flesh 
  color. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  800; 
  tail, 
  340; 
  foot, 
  115, 
  (skin). 
  

   Skull 
  : 
  total 
  length, 
  108 
  ; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  87.3 
  ; 
  Hensel, 
  67 
  ; 
  inter- 
  

   temporal 
  width, 
  43.2 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  81 
  ; 
  breadth 
  of 
  braincase, 
  61.1 
  ; 
  

   nasals 
  broken 
  ; 
  palate 
  broken 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  29 
  ; 
  length 
  

   of 
  mandible, 
  77.6; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  38. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  and 
  its 
  near 
  relative 
  P. 
  pileatus 
  are 
  readily 
  recog- 
  

   nizable 
  among 
  the 
  Macaques 
  by 
  the 
  curious 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  hair 
  

   on 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  radiates 
  from 
  a 
  common 
  center. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   native 
  of 
  southern 
  India, 
  its 
  limits 
  being 
  Bombay 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  the 
  

   Godaveri 
  River 
  on 
  the 
  east. 
  

  

  