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SPOTTED MONKEY. 



S. Diana. S. caudata barbata, fronte barbaque fastigiata, Lin, 

 Syst. Nat. p. 38. Jet. Stockh. 1754./. 210. t. 6. 



Long-tailed blackish Monkey, freckled with white ; the hair 

 of the forehead and beard growing in a pointed form, with a 

 lunated band across the forehead. 



Le Mona. Buff, suppl. J. p. 75.//. 1 9. ? 



Spotted Monkey. Pennant 'zhiadr. p. 201. 



Mb. Pennant describes this species as of a mid- 

 dling size, and of a reddish colour on the upper 

 parts, as if singed, and marked with white specks; 

 the belly and chin whitish ; the tail very long. 

 The Linnaean description differs. Linnasus says the 

 animal is of the size of a large cat, and is black, 

 spotted with white : the hind part of the back fer- 

 ruginous: the face black: from the top of the 

 nose a white line, passing over each eye to the 

 ears in an arched direction : (this circumstance 

 was probably the reason of the Linnaean name 

 Diana, by which he has chosen to distinguish the 

 animal:) the beard pointed, black above, white 

 beneath, and placed on a kind of fatty tumor: 

 breast and throat white: from the rump across 

 the thighs a white line : tail long, straight, and 

 black : ears and feet of the same colour : canine 

 teeth large. 



This same species is figured and described in 

 the Count de Buffon's supplement, under the name 

 of le Mona, and that author seems to consider it 

 as a variety of the Mone, formerly described in his 

 i 4th volume, (Varied Monkey of Pennant). It was 



