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Food and transport.— With respect to food, it should be treated 

 like a Rhesus, except that none of these monkeys have ever been noticed 

 to care for animal food. A good cage like that recommended for a 

 hanuman will do for the transport of a pair of them. 



Observations on the habits of a Burmese Pig-tailed Monkey. 



Although sedate and slow, it is never morose. It soon learns to 

 obey its keeper and to perform amusing tricks. One of the monkeys 

 that lived some time in the garden was in the habit of standing upon 

 all fours on the approach of visitors, and having made amusing 

 grimaces would suddenly turn in the opposite direction, and so close the 

 performance. 



(33) THE PIG-TAILED MONKEY. 



(MACACUS NEMESTKLNUS— {Linn.) ) 



Description. — It closely resembles the preceding species, but differs 

 from it in the following respects : it is slightly smaller and a little more 

 slender in make ; its muzzle is much produced ; it has no horse-shoe 

 shaped crest in front of the crown above the forehead, and no ruff round 

 the head. The general colour of the body brown, having different shades 

 in different parts of it ; crown of the head dark brown ; a broad dark 

 brown band extends right down the middle of the back; tail slender, 

 short, about one-third the length of the body, and generally twisted 

 like that of a domestic pig. 



Rob. — Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. 



Length of life in captivity. 



One of these monkeys has lived in this garden so long as eight 

 years ; another for about four years. A young specimen obtained early 

 in 1889 has now passed into a healthy adolescent state. 



Housing. — Some of the pig-tailed monkeys have been found to 

 agree very well with other monkeys. In this respect, therefore, 

 they are easier to accommodate than those which have to be kept 

 singly or in pairs. In regard to cold and damp they require the same 

 careful treatment as most other monkeys. 



Food and transport. — The same remarks that have been made with 

 regard to the preceding species apply to this also. 



Treatment in sickness. 



Paralysis, erysipelas and skin diseases have been met with amongst 

 the specimens exhibited. The animal obtained in 1876 was smitten 

 with fMralysis. On the malady being detected, the creature was separated 

 from its companions and removed to a spacious cage and kept in a 

 dry place. No treatment was adopted. After having suffered for about 

 six months the animal partially recovered. While suffering from 

 paralysis it became subject to an obstinate kind of skin disease, which, 

 however, yielded to the persistent use of borax and sulphur. 



