THE GUENONS. 
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8. CERCOPITHECUS TALAPOIN.— TALAPOIN GUENON. 
Si/n. Le Tai.apoin Cuv. Reg. Anim, I. 92. 
Cejicopitheciis Talapoin. — Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. p. 93. — Desm. 
Mam. p. 56. 
SiMiA Talapot.'I. — Linn. Gmel. I. p. 35. — Fiscli. Syn. Mam. 21. 
Talapoin Monkey. — Penn. Syn. 114. — Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. I, p. 16. 
Icon. Melaihne, jeune fern. — Geoff, et F. Cuv. Hist. Mam. 
Buff. Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 10. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Hair greenish above, whitish beneath, tlie tufts of the cheeks 
whitish. 
The Nose black, in the middle of a flesh-coloured face. 
Inhabits 
This animal comes probably from Africa, though its precise locality 
has not yet been verified. It belongs to the same group of Guenons with 
those now about to be described. 
The head is round, and the muzzle projects but slightly ; the ears are 
large, round, and naked ; the nose, the ears, and the palms of all the 
hands, are black ; the circle round the eyes and the tip of the lips flesh-co- 
loured. The hair on the cheeks, temples, forehead, the top of the head, 
the occiput, above and on the sides of the neck, the back, loins, crupper, 
the sides of the breast and belly, as well as the external surfaces of the 
limbs and the backs of the hands, are covered with a mixture of yellow- 
ish green and black, each hair being dmk-grey through a great part of its 
length from the root, afterwards greenish -yellow, and terminating in black. 
The lower jaw, the inferior surface of the neck, throat, breast, belly, arm- 
pits, and the inner surfaces of the limbs, are whitish, with some slight 
tinges of yellow ; the tail beneath is of an ash-grey. The nails of all 
the thumbs are round and flat. 
9. CERCOPITHECU.S MONA VARIED GUENON. 
Sijn. La Mone. — C uv. Reg. Anim. I. 92. 
Cercopitiiecus Mona.-- Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. 95.— Desm. Mam. p. 58. 
SiMiA Mona Linn. Gmel. 31 — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 
Varied Ape. — Penn. Quadr. and Syn. 
Varied Monkey. — S haw, Gen. Zool. I. 17. 
Icon. La Mone. — Audeb. Sing. 
Mone male. — Geoff, et F. Cuv. Hist. Mam. 
SiMiA Mona. — Schreh. Saiigth. pi. 15. 
SiMiA Monacha. — Ibid. pi. 15. B. 
Buff. Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 36. 
specific characters. 
The Hair of the body brown ; the limbs and tail black j the belly and 
inside of the .arms white ; a black band on the forehead ; the top of the 
head greenish-yellow ; the tufts of the cheeks straw-coloured ; a white spot 
on each side near the insertion of the tail. 
The Ears and Hands flesh-coloured. 
Inhabits Alrica. 
This Guenon, according to Bnffon, F. Cuvier, and others, is playful, 
gentle, and aff’ectionatej yet an adult specimen, preserved in the Gardens 
of the Zoological Society of London, deserved no such good character, 
but showed, on the contrary, a temper as capricious and savage as any of 
ils tribe.' 
file name Mona appears to be of Arabic origin, and is applied by the 
Moors of Harbary to all .Apes with long tails. This Guenon is about a 
foot and a half in length; and seems to thrive well in our climates. 
The head is small and round ; the muzzle thick and short ; the eyelids, 
"ose, and lips, naked and flesh-coloured ; the intervals of the eyes blueish. 
The top of the head is of a bright greenish-yellow, resulting from the in- 
formixtiire of hairs which are wholly black at the points, afterwards of a 
gieeuish-yellow beneath the black, and finally^ of an ash-colour near their 
toots. The back and sides are ofa bright brown, speckled with black; above 
the limbs, thighs, and the top of the tail, of a pure slate-grey passing into 
Wack. The breast, belly, and the inner surfaces of the limbs, are of a daz- 
tlingwhite. The cheek-tufts are straw-coloured, mixed with black points; a 
''lack marginal band commencing from the centre of the forehead extends 
On each side to the ear, and is thence prolonged down the shoulders and 
ore-arms. Two very white spots appear on each side of the tail above the 
thighs. The hair surrounding the callu.sities is reddish ; the tail is black, 
f'd arched forwards over the back : tbe palms of all the hands are naked 
and brown, the nails short, black, and flatlish. 
The Varied, Siiotted, Moustache, Vaulting, Winking, and Di.Tilem 
uenons, constitute a group of small and agreeable Monkeys. 
10. CERCOPITHECUS DIANA... SPOTTED GUENON. 
Syn. Le Rolowai. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 92. 
Exquima^ — M arcgr. Brasil, p. 227. 
Cercopithecus Diana.- Geoff. Ann. Mus XIX. 96.-Desm. Mam. p. 60. 
SiMiA Di.ana — Linn. Gmel. 1. 32. — Fisch Syn. Mam. 1 9. 
Sijiia Rolowai Fisch. Syn. Mam. 
Spotted or Diana Monkey and Palatine Monkey. — Shaw, Gen. 
Zool. I. 37 and 38.— Penn. Syn. and Quadr. 
Icon. La Diane — Audeb. Sing. 
Bufl'. Hist. Nat. Suppl. VII. pi. 20. 
SPECIFIC characters. 
The Hair dark slate-grey, spotted with white above ; white beneath; 
the crupper of a purplish-red ; inside the thighs orange. 
The Face surrounded with white. The Beard whitish, long, and 
scanty. 
Inhabits Guinea. 
Linnaeus assigned the name of Diana to this Guenon, from the fan- 
cied resemblance of the crescent-shaped hairs ornamenting its brow to 
the ancient representations of that goddess. Mr Bennett describes the 
specimen in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London as “ one 
of the most graceful and good-tempered of its tribe. Like the greater 
number of them, its disposition is more mild and pliant in youth than 
after it has attained its full maturity. It is fond of being caressed, and 
nods and grins with peculiar expression when pleased ; but, after a cer- 
tain age it becomes more sedate, and seldom indulges in those antics.” 
Gardens and Menagerie, Vol. i. p. 36. 
The body is rather slender ; the head elongated ; the face triangular 
and black ; the ears rather small and round ; the hair on the top of tbe 
head short and black, with a border formed of stifler hairs than the rest, 
in which some are pure white. The chcek-tufis rather long ; a white 
pointed beard, about two inches in length, and scanty, appears behind 
a small brownish black spot at the tip of the chin. The sides of the head 
and neck as far as the ear, the bre.Tst, and the interior surfaces of the 
limbs, are white ; the hinder part of the head and neck, the shoulders, 
sides, the external surface of the arms, and the upper parts of the thighs, 
are covered with dark hairs, annulated w-ith yellowish-white, which gives 
them a greenish tinge. A purplish. red patch, in the form of an isosceles 
triangle, beginning about two-thirds the length of the back, extends down 
to the loins for a base ; the anterior hands are black, as well as all the 
hinder limbs, with the exception of the fore part of the thigh, which is di- 
vided by a narrow and oblique band of white hairs reaching from the base 
of the tail to the knee. 1 he insides of the thighs are orange, the circle 
round the callosities white. 
11. CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS MOUSTACHE GUENON. 
Syn. Le Modstac. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 92. 
Cercopithecus Cephus Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. 20 Desm. Mam. 57. 
SiMiA Cephus Fisch. Syn. Mam. 
Moustache MONKEV.-Penn. ,Syn. and Quadr.-Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. I, 41. 
Icon. Le Moustac.— Audeb. Sing. 
Mouslac male Geoff et F. Cuv. Hist. Mam. 
Buff. Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 39. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
The Hair greenisli-brown above, greenish-grey upon the limbs, with 
a slight tinge of yellow ; dark-grey beneath. 
The Face blueisli-black, tending to black near the lips. 
The Tail grey near the insertion ; elsewhere orange-red. 
The Upper Lip with a white moustachio. 
■ Inhabits Guinea. 
Tbe habits of this species, so remarkable for tbe singular ornament on 
the upper lip, are not far different from others of its congeners. It is 
mild in captivity ; and specimens vary greatly in size. 
Tbe body is rather slender ; tbe head round ; the muzzle slightly elon- 
gated ; the nose projecting at its origin between the eyes ; the face of a blue- 
ish black ; tbe upper lip with a white moustachio ; the circle of the mouth 
covered with black hair ; the upper part of tlie head and body, and the ex- 
ternal surface of the limbs, are of a brown, speckled with green, resulting 
from the manner in which the hairs of these two colours are interspers- 
ed ; a white spot before each ear, and near the eyes ; the hair greyish- 
brown at the base of the fore-limbs, darkening towards their extremities ; 
tbe binder hands not so deep as the others ; beneath tbe chin of a dirty 
white, blending into the dark grey beneath the belly ; the internal sur- 
face of tbe arms and thighs ofa uniform grey ; the tail brown at its base, 
blending into an orange-red, which is the colour of its latter portion. 
2 1*“^ GAnloiis anil Monagvrie of the Zoological .Society Delineated. By E. T. Bennett. London, 1835, vol, i. p. 40. 
figure in Maregravius connected with the description of the Exqvima is that of an Ooarine Howler, while the figure of the Exquima refers to tbe description of 
® oarine or Guariba Howler. This transposition has occasioned many errors in their synonyms . — Note of the Baron Cuvier. 
