VARIEGATED BABOOlSf* 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. semkaudata subbarbata nigro-fusca, malts tu- 



midis nudis cyaneis, oblique striatis, natibus cal<vis sanguineus. 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. 

 Alstroemer Act. Hblmiens. 1 766. vol. 27. p. 1 38. 

 Mantegar. Philos. Trans, n. 220. Bradley nat. 1 1 7. t. l$.f. I. 

 Chloras. Breslaner Natur-u Kunstgesch, 15. <vers. 177. 

 Great Baboon. Pennant Quadr. 188. /. 40. 41. 

 Variegated Baboon. Museum Leverianiim. No. I. p. 3$. 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 line violet- 

 blue, deeply marked by several oblique furrows. 

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



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