﻿PITHECUS 
  225 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  small 
  Macaque 
  with 
  soft 
  moderately 
  long 
  hair, 
  

   and 
  tail 
  nearly 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  It 
  probably 
  represents 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  species, 
  certainly 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  P. 
  mordax, 
  for 
  besides 
  the 
  

   general 
  smaller 
  size, 
  the 
  teeth 
  are 
  larger. 
  But 
  the 
  rostral 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  skull 
  is 
  not 
  normally 
  shaped, 
  having 
  a 
  twist 
  to 
  the 
  left, 
  not 
  from 
  

   having 
  been 
  injured 
  early 
  in 
  life, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  that, 
  so 
  the 
  

   animal 
  was 
  probably 
  born 
  with 
  the 
  rostrum 
  out 
  of 
  plumb, 
  so 
  to 
  speak. 
  

   The 
  type 
  is 
  unique, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  desirable 
  that 
  other 
  specimens 
  should 
  

   be 
  procured. 
  

  

  PlTHECUS 
  VALIDUS 
  Elliot. 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  validus 
  Elliot, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  IV, 
  8th 
  Ser., 
  1909, 
  

   p. 
  252. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Cochin 
  China, 
  exact 
  locality 
  unknown. 
  Type 
  in 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Body 
  stout, 
  heavy 
  ; 
  limbs 
  short, 
  tail 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  body. 
  Skull 
  with 
  facial 
  region 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  braincase 
  ; 
  

   sagittal 
  crest 
  present 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  longer 
  than 
  wide 
  ; 
  palate 
  long, 
  narrow 
  ; 
  

   tooth 
  rows 
  straight 
  ; 
  second 
  upper 
  molar 
  largest 
  ; 
  last 
  lower 
  molar 
  with 
  

   prominent 
  posterior 
  cusp; 
  mandible 
  heavy, 
  comparatively 
  massive 
  for 
  

   its 
  total 
  length; 
  canines 
  stout. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Crown, 
  middle 
  of 
  nape, 
  line 
  over 
  eyes, 
  and 
  line 
  on 
  sides 
  

   of 
  head, 
  black 
  speckled 
  with 
  buff; 
  rest 
  of 
  crown 
  and 
  entire 
  upper 
  

   parts, 
  Prout's 
  brown 
  washed 
  with 
  olive 
  and 
  grading 
  to 
  raw 
  umber 
  on 
  

   sides 
  of 
  arms, 
  all 
  speckled 
  with 
  buff; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  arms 
  from 
  elbows 
  

   and 
  hands 
  blackish 
  speckled 
  with 
  buff; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  thighs 
  olive 
  

   speckled 
  with 
  buff; 
  legs, 
  rump, 
  and 
  below 
  knees, 
  grayish 
  olive, 
  buff 
  

   speckled; 
  side 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  olive 
  gray; 
  under 
  parts 
  and 
  inner 
  

   side 
  of 
  limbs 
  grayish 
  white; 
  feet 
  olive 
  brown 
  speckled 
  with 
  buff; 
  tail 
  

   above 
  black 
  on 
  basal 
  half 
  grading 
  into 
  blackish 
  brown 
  on 
  remainder, 
  

   beneath 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  olive; 
  face 
  flesh 
  color. 
  Ex 
  type 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,030.3 
  ; 
  tail, 
  365 
  ; 
  foot, 
  125. 
  Skull 
  : 
  

   total 
  length, 
  125.3; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  103.6; 
  Hensel, 
  84.9; 
  zygo- 
  

   matic 
  width, 
  82.5 
  ; 
  facial 
  length, 
  78.9 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  braincase, 
  57 
  ; 
  greatest 
  

   width 
  of 
  rostrum, 
  38 
  ; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  35.5 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  

   50.7; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  30.2; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  93.2; 
  

   length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  36.9; 
  depth 
  of 
  jaw 
  beneath 
  second 
  molar, 
  

   23.8. 
  Ex 
  type 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  