2 MIOPITHECUS 
Mamm., 1820, p. 56; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 78; Mar- 
tin, Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 534; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. 
Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 100; Schleg., Mus. Pays- 
Bas, Simiz, 1876, p. 71; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, 
p. 82; Bates, Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond.,gIl, 1907; po val ok 
XLII, fig. 6. 
cee talapoin Blainv., Ostéog., 1841, Atl., pl. ITI. 
Miopithecus capillatus Geoff., Compt. Rend., XV, 1842, p. 720. 
Miopithecus talapoin I. Geoff., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 
1843, p. 549; Id. Dict. Hist. Nat., III, 1849, p. 308; Id. Cat. 
Primates, 1851, p. 18; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and 
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 20; Pocock, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 741. 
Simia melarhinus Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 47. 
Cercopithecus (Miopithecus) talapoin Reichenb., Vollstand. 
Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 103, figs. 242, 243. 
THE TALAPOIN. Native name, Ozem. 
Type locality. Unknown. 
Geogr. Distr. Gaboon, Southern Cameroon, West Africa. 
Color. Space around eyes orange; upper lip yellow; nose black; 
top of head ochraceous and black, hairs black ringed with ochraceous ; 
upper parts of body, hairs on back gray at roots ringed with yellow and 
black giving them an olive or grayish tinge; black streak from corner 
of eye half way to ear; outer side of limbs pale yellowish sometimes 
tinged with red; whiskers golden yellow; some hairs brownish black 
at tip; under parts and inner side of limbs white; hands and feet 
reddish yellow; tail above black and gray mixed, beneath yellow at 
base, then black and yellow to nearly black at tip. Considerable ° varia- 
tion among individuals. 
Some specimens have a decided buff tint and this sometimes ex- 
tends over the lower parts, overcoming the greenish hue to a large 
extent. ) 
Measurements. Total length, 817; tail, 359.8; foot, 101.6. Skull: 
total length, 70.6; occipito-nasal length, 63.7; intertemporal width, 
33.2; Hensel, 41.6; zygomatic width, 57.2; median length of nasals, 
.83; palatal length, 2; length of upper molar series, 15.5; length of 
mandible, 44.3; length of lower molar series, 19.1. 
“The habits of the little ‘Ozem,’” says Bates, (1. c.) “differ in 
some respects. from those of the other kinds. It is never found far 
from a large stream of water, and generally keeps to trees on the 
