﻿PITHECUS 
  229 
  

  

  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  29.4; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  30.1; 
  length 
  of 
  

   mandible, 
  92.4; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  40.6. 
  Ex 
  type 
  United 
  

   States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  dark 
  Macaque 
  similar 
  in 
  coloration 
  to 
  P. 
  umbrosus 
  

   but 
  with 
  a 
  shorter 
  tail. 
  The 
  skull 
  is 
  much 
  smaller 
  although 
  the 
  type 
  

   is 
  a 
  fully 
  adult 
  male. 
  

  

  Subgenus 
  Macacus. 
  

   Tail 
  equal 
  to, 
  or 
  exceeding 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  body 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  umbeosus 
  (Miller). 
  

  

  Macacus 
  umbrosus 
  Miller, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  XXIV, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  

   789. 
  

  

  NICOBAR 
  ISLAND 
  MACAQUE. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Little 
  Nicobar 
  Island, 
  Nicobars. 
  Type 
  in 
  United 
  

   States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Nicobar 
  Group. 
  Great 
  and 
  Little 
  Nicobar 
  ; 
  Katchel. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Color 
  dark, 
  tail 
  longer 
  than 
  head 
  and 
  body. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  P. 
  fuscus; 
  head 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  and 
  

   outer 
  side 
  of 
  limbs, 
  blackish, 
  hairs 
  drab 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  subterminal 
  

   cream 
  buff 
  ring 
  ; 
  under 
  parts 
  and 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  drab 
  ; 
  hands 
  and 
  

   feet 
  like 
  upper 
  parts; 
  tail 
  above 
  nearly 
  black 
  at 
  base, 
  dark 
  drab 
  on 
  

   apical 
  half, 
  hairs 
  indistinctly 
  annulated 
  with 
  buff. 
  Ex 
  type 
  United 
  

   States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,040; 
  tail, 
  530; 
  foot, 
  135. 
  Skull: 
  

   total 
  length, 
  135; 
  Hensel, 
  94.7; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  88.8; 
  intertemporal 
  

   width, 
  38.5 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  54.3 
  ; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  25.6 
  ; 
  length 
  

   of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  33.6 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  98.3 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  

   molar 
  series, 
  40.1. 
  Ex 
  type 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  and 
  P. 
  fuscus 
  resemble 
  each 
  other 
  closely 
  in 
  color 
  

   but 
  the 
  skulls 
  are 
  quite 
  different, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  being 
  

   much 
  longer, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  molar 
  series 
  in 
  both 
  jaws. 
  

  

  Pithecus 
  irus 
  (F. 
  Cuvier). 
  

  

  Le 
  Macaque 
  Buff., 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  XIV, 
  1766, 
  p. 
  190, 
  pi. 
  XX. 
  

   Simla 
  cynomolgos 
  (nee 
  Linn.), 
  Bodd., 
  Elench. 
  Anim., 
  1784, 
  p. 
  

  

  58, 
  Buffon's 
  fig. 
  ; 
  Fisch., 
  Syn. 
  Mamm, 
  1829, 
  p. 
  25. 
  

   Cercocebus 
  cynomolgos 
  (nee 
  Linn.), 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  

  

  Nat. 
  Paris, 
  XIX, 
  1812, 
  p. 
  90; 
  Schleg., 
  Mus. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  Simiae, 
  

  

  1876, 
  p. 
  101, 
  (Part.). 
  

  

  