8 PRIMATES, CARNIVORES AND UNGULATES 



with hands, feet and temples clear black and nuchal crest and 

 back sooty : middle line of chest, abdomen and inner side of 

 limbs white: tail uniformly black. Animals of this form 

 however also occur in Johore where they completely intergrade 

 with those having the appearance described above. 



7.* PRESBYTES ALBOCINEREUS (Cantor). The Pale Leaf- 

 Monkey. Semnopithecus albocinereus, Cantor, Jour. 

 As. Soc. Bengal, 1846. Bonhote, P.Z.S., 1900, p. 872. 

 Semnopithecus' mitratus, Flower, P.Z.S., 1900, p. 319. 

 Semnopithecus siamensis, Thomas, P.Z.S., 1886, p. 72. 



Typical pelage, ashy-brown above, forehead and temples 

 darker ; throat and sides of neck, inner sides of arms and 

 legs, buttocks and outer sides of thighs much paler or white ; 

 hands, feet and tail blackish. Skin of eyelids and lips pale. 

 Head and body about 21 inches, tail 30 inches. 



Many individuals have their colouration less clearly 

 defined than as described above and very nearly approach 

 in appearance the browner phases of P. femoralis. From the 

 latter however they can always be distinguished by their paler 

 under surface and by the white areas which are always present 

 to some degree on the sides of neck and buttocks. The two 

 species are very closely related. 



Young, darker than adult above and white below, colours 

 distinctly margined. 



Kange not defined but recorded from Kelantan to Selangor 

 in which latter locality it is very common. 



Subfamily CEECOPJTHECINiE. 



Genus Macaca. 



The Macaques are stout-limbed, crestless monkeys with 

 pronounced muzzles and a less striking colouration than the 

 lotongs. The species vary greatly in length of tail. In the 

 skull the nasal aperture is placed between the lower edge of 

 the orbits and the extremity of the muzzle. In habit they 



Jour. Straits Branch 



