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on the Malay Peninsuia. Their nalivt; iiatnc is, no doubl, 
derived from the strange howl with which they till the jungle 
at sunrise. 
The other Malayan Monkeys can be classed under fuur 
genera, viz. Si'mHopithecm (the Langurs), Nasdiis (the Prtihus- 
cis Monkey), Macacits (the Macaques} and Cyuopithecus (the 
black Celebes Monkey). The Langurs are natives of Inidia, 
China, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. They have long, 
slender bodies and long tails. The two most common species 
of the Malay Peninsula, called ' Lotong,' are the Dusky 
Leaf-Monkey (Scmnopil heats obscwush dark grey, with black 
hands, feet and face, the nose and a ring about the eybs being 
white; and the Banded Leaf-Monkey (S. femoralisL which is 
blackish-brown, with the exception of the abdomen and inner- 
side of the thighs which are white. A Bornean species 
(S, nibicundus) is chestnut red. 
The most extraordinary-looking monkey in the collection 
is, no doubt, the Proboscis Monkej' ( Nasalis larvatush from 
Dutch Borneo, which, with his enormous nose, reminds one of 
pictures in "Punch." A group of three of them, male, female 
and young male, were presented in 1905 by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 
The old male's nose is specially impressive, (see pi. Ill, 
fig. 21 
The Macaques are of a stouter build than the Langurs. 
Two species ought to be mentioned. The * Kra ' ( Macacm 
cynoimigus) and the Pig-tailed Monkey or ' Berok ' ( M. netHcs- 
tntiusj. The *Kra' is exceedingly com mont occurring even in 
the Tanglin district of Singapore town. The ' Berok ' is 
common, too, though not on Singapore island. It is larger than 
the 'Kra,' but has a short and thin tail. Sir Stamford RafRies 
described long ago how this monkey is trained in Sumatra to 
gather coconuts. It is put to similar use elsewhere, too. 
The Black Ape of Celebes {CynopUhccm mger) stands 
between the Macaques and the African Baboons, It has large 
callosities on the buttocks and quite a rudimentary tail. 
Lower than the Monkeys are the Lemurs, which are 
generally placed in a separate order, Prosimiae, The Common 
Loris or Slow Lemur {Nyciicebns tardigradtts), called 
' Kongkang * by the Malays, is a small and harmless creature, 
slow moving, of nocturnal habits, with large glaring eyes, short 
ears, thick and close fur, and no tail It is common from 
N.W. India to Borneo, (see pi. IV» fig. 1.) The Tarsier 
[Ttirsins spectrum) is still more extraordinary looking. It is 
smaller than the Slow Loris, has quite enormous eyes and a 
