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Described by Mr. Pennant from the specimen in 

 the Leverian Museum. 



LITTLE BABOON. 



Simia Apedia. S. semicaudata, palmarum pollice approximate, 

 unguibus oblongis : pollicum rotundatis; natibus tectis. Lin. 



Short-tailed yellowish Baboon, without callosities behind j with 

 thumbs standing close to the fingers and furnished with 

 rounded nails ; the fingers with narrow ones. 



Little Baboon. Pennant Quadr. p. 192. 



This is said by Linnaeus to be of the size of 

 a Squirrel; but, in a description given in the 

 Amoenitates Academical, it is said to be as large 

 as a Cat. The general colour is yellowish ; the 

 hairs being tipped with black : face 'brown, with 

 a few scattered hairs : head roundish ; ears round- 

 ish and naked : tail scarce an inch long. No bare 

 spaces on each side : the thumbs not remote from 

 the fingers, and with rounded nails ; those on the 

 fingers narrow and compressed. Native of India : 

 said to be a lively species. 



