Variegated baboon* 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. Si semkaudata suhharhata nigro-fusca, nialis tu- 
midis nudis cyaneis, oblique striatis, natibus cahvis sanguineis, Lin, 
Syst. Nat. GmeL 
Short-tailed tawny-brown Baboon, with callosities behind, 
naked tumid violet-blue cheeks obliqtiely furrowed, and the 
middle of the nose blood-red. 
Alstroemer Act, Holmiens. lj66. 'vol. 2'j.p. 138. 
Mantegar. Pkilos. Trans, n. 220. Bradley nat. W^.t. t$.f. I. 
Chloras. Breslaner Natur-u Kunstgesch, 15. wrs. 177. 
Great Baboon. Pennant ^adr. 188. /. 40. 41. 
Variegated Baboon. Museum Lenjerianum. No. i. p. 35. 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 briUiancy 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 fine violet- 
blue, deeply marked by several oblique furrows. 
The remainder of the face is of a pale whitish-yel- 
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