VARIEGATED BABOON. 17 



side, is perfectly bare and callous, and of a red 

 colour : this is also common, in a greater or small- 

 er degree, to the rest of this division. It is a na- 

 tive of the island of Borneo- 



VARIEGATED BABOON. 



Simia Mormon. S. semicaudata subbarbata nigro-fusca, malis tu- 



midis nudis cyaneis, oblique striatis, natibus cal*vis sanguineis. Lin, 



Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Short-tailed tawny-brown Baboon, with callosities behind, 



naked tumid violet-blue cheeks obliquely furrowed, and the 



middle of the nose blood-red. 

 Ahtroemer Act. Holmiens. 1766. -vol. 2J.p. 1 38. 

 Mantegar. Philos. Trans, n. 220. Bradley nat. 1 1 7. /. \$.f. I. 

 Chloras. Breslaner Natur-u Kwistgesch, 15. 'vers. 1 77. 

 Great Baboon. Pennant £>uadr. 188. t. 40. 41. 

 Variegated Baboon. Museum Leverianum. No. l. p. 35. t. 9. 



This is at least equal in size, if not superior, 

 to the former, and, when in an upright posture, 

 is about five feet high. It is the most remarka- 

 ble of the whole genus for brilliancy and variety 

 of colour. The general tinge is a rich and 

 very deep yellowish-brown; the hairs, if viewed 

 near, appearing speckled with yellow and black. 

 The form of the face is long, with the snout 

 ending somewhat abruptly : the whole length of 

 the nose, down the middle, is of a deep blood- 

 red ; but the parts on each side are of a fine violet- 

 blue, deeply marked by several oblique furrows. 

 The remainder of the face is of a pale whitish-yel- 



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