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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  The 
  unique 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  very 
  unusually 
  colored 
  Macaque 
  is 
  stated 
  

   to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  Cochin 
  China, 
  no 
  particular 
  locality 
  in 
  that 
  country 
  

   specified. 
  In 
  its 
  peculiar 
  brown 
  and 
  olive 
  yellow 
  speckled 
  fur 
  it 
  

   resembles 
  somewhat 
  in 
  color 
  the 
  long-tailed 
  species 
  P. 
  irus 
  Cuv., 
  of 
  

   the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  Burma, 
  etc., 
  but 
  is 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  powerful 
  animal 
  

   than 
  that 
  species, 
  has 
  no 
  reddish 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  a 
  much 
  

   shorter 
  tail. 
  In 
  fact 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  closely 
  resemble 
  any 
  species 
  of 
  

   Macaque 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  acquainted. 
  

  

  PlTHECUS 
  ALACER 
  Elliot. 
  

  

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

   p. 
  253. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Bliah, 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  point 
  of 
  Koendoer 
  Island. 
  

   Type 
  in 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  General 
  color 
  much 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  examples 
  from 
  

   Singapore 
  and 
  Bintang 
  Islands, 
  more 
  approaching 
  but 
  still 
  paler 
  than 
  

   those 
  from 
  Karimon 
  Island. 
  Skull 
  and 
  teeth 
  more 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   dark 
  Macaque 
  from 
  Singapore 
  Island. 
  Fur 
  long, 
  soft; 
  tail 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  body. 
  Tooth 
  rows 
  straight. 
  Flesh 
  colored 
  patch 
  on 
  eyelids 
  and 
  

   between 
  eyes. 
  

  

  Color. 
  General 
  color 
  hazel 
  on 
  dorsal 
  region 
  grading 
  to 
  raw 
  umber 
  

   or 
  tawny 
  olive 
  on 
  sides, 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  back 
  being 
  gray 
  at 
  base, 
  then 
  

   blackish 
  brown 
  and 
  then 
  banded 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  tawny 
  ochraceous, 
  

   while 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  sides 
  are 
  gray 
  banded 
  with 
  ochraceous 
  buff; 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  nape 
  are 
  black 
  at 
  base, 
  then 
  orange 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  black; 
  narrow 
  line 
  above 
  eyes 
  grizzled 
  gray; 
  numerous 
  

   stiff 
  black 
  hairs 
  behind 
  the 
  gray 
  line 
  almost 
  forming 
  a 
  black 
  line, 
  the 
  

   longest 
  hairs 
  standing 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  on 
  each 
  side; 
  face 
  and 
  

   cheeks 
  covered 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  gray 
  hairs; 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  yellowish 
  

   white, 
  hairs 
  long 
  and 
  directed 
  forward 
  and 
  upward; 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  

   arms 
  and 
  hands 
  cream 
  buff, 
  the 
  hairs 
  being 
  purplish 
  with 
  cream 
  buff 
  

   tips; 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  thighs 
  like 
  back, 
  rest 
  of 
  legs 
  yellowish 
  gray; 
  feet 
  

   olive 
  brown 
  ; 
  under 
  parts 
  and 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  yellowish 
  white 
  ; 
  tail 
  

   above 
  black 
  speckled 
  with 
  white 
  for 
  three 
  fourths 
  the 
  length, 
  and 
  then 
  

   grading 
  into 
  hair 
  brown, 
  tuft 
  at 
  tip 
  bistre 
  ; 
  beneath 
  pale 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   eyelids 
  and 
  patch 
  over 
  eyes 
  flesh 
  color. 
  Ex 
  type 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  794 
  ; 
  tail, 
  361 
  ; 
  foot, 
  125 
  ; 
  ear, 
  33, 
  

   (Collector). 
  Skull: 
  total 
  length, 
  110.6; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  92.7; 
  

   Hensel, 
  72.7; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  41.1 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  72.8; 
  great- 
  

   est 
  width 
  of 
  braincase, 
  58 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  73.5 
  ; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  

  

  