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very banks of streams. At villages situated near rivers, I have been 
told that these little monkeys ‘steal corn from the gardens. They are 
quicker in their movements even than the others. Their call is very 
different being a little explosive ‘K-sss!’ that sounds like a splash of a 
stick thrown into the water.” 
MIOPITHECUS ANSORGEI (Pocock). 
Cercopithecus talapoin ansorgei Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. peng 
1907, p. 742. 
Type locality. Canhoca (not Cambaca Pocock), Angola, West 
Africa. 
Genl. Char. Larger than M. TALAPOIN, less black on cheeks; hairs 
anterior to ears mostly white. Dorsal area paler and greener; ventral 
area pure white, hairs longer and softer. 
Color. Space around eyes bright orange; nose black; black mark 
from corner of eye half way to ear; hairs on upper lip near nose, long, 
stiff, black; hairs on cheeks golden yellow, tips black, directed down- 
ward; hairs in front of ears radiating from the centre in a half circle, 
of a greater diameter than in M. TALApotIn, these hairs directed down- 
ward with black tips; hairs on hinder part of cheek longest and 
directed backward and joining those radiating from the ear; top of 
head and upper part of the body yellow and black, having a strong 
greenish tinge; outer side of arms and legs chrome yellow; hands and 
feet chrome yellow with a buff tinge; entire under parts and inner 
side of limbs pure white; tail above brownish black on basal third, 
browner on remaining portion, hairs tipped with yellowish white or 
buff; beneath yellowish gray at base, rest buff; ear black. Ex type 
British Museum. 
Measurements. Total length, 925; tail, 525; foot, 105; ear, 35. 
This is a much yellower animal and with more of a green tint 
than M. talapoin. There are two examples in the British Museum 
a male, the type, and a female, and the latter is even more green than 
the male, and came from Casualalla, North Angola, also procured by 
Mr. W. J. Ansorge. 
