LITTLE BABOON. 
Described by Mr. Pennant from the specimen in 
the Leverian Museum. 
LITTLE BABOON. 
Simla Apedla. 5. semicaudata, palmarum pollice approximatOy 
unguihus ohlongis : pollicum rotundatis; natihus tectis, Lin. 
Short- tailed yellowish Baboon, without callosities behind} with 
thumbs standing close to the fingers and furnished with 
rounded nails 3 the fingers with narrow ones. 
Little Baboon. Pennant ^adr. p. i<^2. 
This is said by Linnaeus to be of the size of 
a Squirrel; but, in a description given in the 
Amoenitates Academicse^ 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. 
