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  LASIOPYGA 
  

  

  Lasiopyga 
  mona 
  (Schreber). 
  

  

  Simla 
  mona 
  Schreb., 
  Saugth., 
  I, 
  1775, 
  p. 
  97, 
  pi. 
  XV; 
  Bodd., 
  

  

  Elench. 
  Anim., 
  1784, 
  p. 
  59. 
  

   Cercopithecus 
  mona 
  Erxl., 
  Syst. 
  Regn. 
  Anim., 
  1777, 
  p. 
  30 
  ; 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  

   Cours 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Mamm., 
  1828, 
  p. 
  19, 
  8me 
  Lecon; 
  Less., 
  

   Spec. 
  Mamm., 
  1840, 
  p. 
  71; 
  Martin, 
  Mammif. 
  Anim., 
  1841, 
  

   p. 
  527; 
  I. 
  Geoff., 
  Diet. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  1849, 
  p. 
  304; 
  Id. 
  Cat. 
  Pri- 
  

   mates, 
  1851, 
  p. 
  20; 
  Wagn., 
  Schreb., 
  Saugth. 
  Suppl., 
  V, 
  1855, 
  

   p. 
  47; 
  Dahlb., 
  Stud. 
  Zool. 
  Fam. 
  Reg. 
  Anim. 
  Nat., 
  fasc. 
  I, 
  

   1856, 
  pp. 
  103, 
  107 
  ; 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  

   p. 
  109, 
  figs. 
  271-275 
  ; 
  Gray, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1868, 
  p. 
  

   182; 
  Id. 
  Cat. 
  Monkeys, 
  Lemurs 
  and 
  Fruit-eating 
  Bats, 
  Brit. 
  

   Mus., 
  1870, 
  p. 
  22; 
  Schleg., 
  Mus. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  Simise, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  

   80; 
  Anders., 
  Cat. 
  Mamm. 
  Ind. 
  Mus. 
  Calc, 
  1881, 
  p. 
  57; 
  Sclat, 
  

   Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1893, 
  p. 
  250; 
  Forbes, 
  Handb. 
  Pri- 
  

   mates, 
  II, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  66; 
  Pocock, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  II, 
  

   1907, 
  p. 
  709, 
  fig. 
  184; 
  N. 
  Hollist., 
  Proc. 
  Biol. 
  Soc. 
  Wash., 
  

   XXV, 
  1912, 
  p. 
  93. 
  

  

  MONA 
  GUENON. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  'Barbary.' 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Jebba, 
  River 
  Niger, 
  (C. 
  F. 
  Abadie) 
  ; 
  Bankana, 
  

   Southern 
  Nigeria, 
  (Ansorge) 
  ; 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  to 
  Cameroon, 
  West 
  Africa; 
  

   islands 
  of 
  St. 
  Kitts, 
  and 
  Grenada, 
  West 
  Indies, 
  (introduced). 
  

  

  Color. 
  Long, 
  upright 
  white 
  hairs 
  across 
  forehead 
  forming 
  a 
  band 
  

   extending 
  upward 
  on 
  head; 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  a 
  narrow 
  line 
  of 
  black; 
  top 
  

   of 
  head 
  speckled 
  yellow 
  and 
  black, 
  this 
  coloring 
  extending 
  downward 
  

   on 
  to 
  hind 
  neck; 
  entire 
  upper 
  part 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  body 
  speckled 
  rusty 
  

   red 
  and 
  black, 
  darkest 
  on 
  lower 
  back 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  head, 
  hairs 
  

   long, 
  gray, 
  ringed 
  on 
  apical 
  portion 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  black 
  ; 
  outer 
  side 
  

   of 
  arms 
  and 
  hands 
  black; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  legs 
  black 
  speckled 
  with 
  

   minute 
  red 
  spots; 
  feet 
  black; 
  chin, 
  throat, 
  entire 
  under 
  parts, 
  and 
  

   inner 
  side 
  of 
  limbs 
  grayish 
  white; 
  conspicuous 
  patch 
  beneath 
  tail 
  to 
  

   hip 
  snow 
  white; 
  tail 
  above, 
  basal 
  third 
  speckled 
  red 
  and 
  black, 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  gray 
  beneath, 
  remainder 
  black; 
  ear 
  tufts 
  long, 
  speckled 
  with 
  

   greenish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,295; 
  tail, 
  785; 
  foot, 
  145. 
  Skull: 
  

   total 
  length, 
  93.7; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  77.9; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  

   39.1 
  ; 
  Hensel, 
  60.5; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  59.7; 
  breadth 
  of 
  braincase, 
  52.7; 
  

   median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  13.6; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  32.2; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  

   molar 
  series, 
  23.2 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  59.2 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  

   series, 
  30. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  

  

  