PIG-TAILED BABOON. 25 



inches long ; taper, and almost bare : beneath the 

 tail quite bare. 



This, according to Cepede, is the same with 

 the Long-legged Baboon (Babouin a longues 

 jambes) described in the additions to Buffon. The 

 figure there given is the same with that in Mr. 

 Pennant's Quadrupeds ; but Mr. Cepede contends 

 that the tail is represented much too long. The 

 principal distinguishing character of the animal 

 seems to be the great length of its limbs. 



PIG-TAILED BABOON. 



Simia Nemestrina. S. semicaudata suhbarbata grisea, iridibus, 



natibus tectis. Lin. 

 Olive-brown Baboon, with short naked tail. 

 Pig- tailed Monkey. Edwards, pi. 214. 

 Pig-tailed Baboon. Pennant ^uadr. p. 193. 

 Le Maimon. Buff. 14. t. 1 9. 



This is a small species, commonly about the 

 size of a cat, but sometimes much larger. The 

 face is somewhat pointed, of a swarthy flesh co- 

 lour, and naked ; the ears large and of a similar 

 colour : the general colour of the animal is an 

 olive-brown, paler or whitish beneath. The fin- 

 gers are black ; the thumbs on the hind feet very 

 long, and connected to the nearest toe by a broad 

 membrane. The tail is about four inches long, 

 and exactly resembles that of a Pig. On each 

 side the tail are bare spaces, as in other Baboons, 



