THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 



part of the arms is of a brightilli red, with a line of white over the moulders ; 

 the lower parts of the arms and legs are of a yellowim grey ; and the four 

 extremities are of the lame colour. The loins and taB are white : the latter 

 is above two feet in length. 



In the National Mufeum of France there are two individuals of this 

 ipecies ; the one a male, the other a female. The back of the male is not 

 ipotted with yellow, agreeable to the above defcription ; however, this is 

 not confidered as a conftant character, and it is probable that their colours 

 vary according to their age. The female in queftion is fmaller than the 

 male ; but as they have been known to have young ones when only a foot 

 in height, it is concluded that they begin to breed long before they have 

 attained their full lize. 



The only account of the manners of thefe animals, which we have been 

 able to procure, is contained in the following extract from the defcription 

 of Wurmbs, in the Memoirs of the Society of Batavia. " Thefe Monkeys 

 keep in great herds; in their cry, which is very deep, one may diftindtly 

 hear the word kahan, from which the Europeans, by changing the h into b, 

 have given the animal the name of Kabau ; while the natives of Pontiana, 

 in Borneo, where it is principally found, call it Bantanjan, from the form 

 of its nofe. The brain perfectly refembles that of man ; the lungs are 

 white ; there is much fat about the heart, which is almofl the only part of 

 the body where it is to be found ; the llomach is very large, and of an 

 irregular form ; and, from the under jaw to the clavicles, a fack is extended 

 under the fkin. 



" Thefe animals afTemble mornings and evenings, at the riling and fetting 

 of the fun, on the borders of rivers, where, in playing among the branches 

 of the great trees, they offer an agreeable fpectacle, leaping with agility the 

 dillance of fifteen or twenty feet, at the fame time lpreading out their hands 

 and feet in a remarkable manner ; but I have never obferved them to hold 

 their nofe in leaping, as has been alTerted. Their food is unknown, which 

 makes it impoflible to keep them alive/' 



