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there is commonly a short skinny appendix in the place 
of one. 
This animal inhabits many parts of India, Arabia, and all 
parts of Africa, except Egy pt, and a small number is found 
on the hill of Gibraltar, which breed there. These apes are 
very ill-natured, mischievous, and fierce, agreeing with the 
character of the ancient cynocephali: they are often exhi¬ 
bited to play tricks; assemble in great troops in India; and 
will attack women going to market, and rob them of their 
provisions. The females carry their young in their arms, 
and will leap from tree to tree with them. 
6. Simia suilla, or hog-faced ape.—Nose blunt, truncate, 
resembling that of a hog. 
II.—Baboons with short Tails. 
7. Simia nemestrina.—Beard thin; colour grey; eyes 
hazel; haunches naked.—It inhabits Sumatra and Japan; is 
lively, gentle, tractable, and impatient of cold. The face is 
naked and tawny; the nose is flat; lips thin, with hairs 
resembling whiskers; hair on the body olive-black; belly 
reddish-yellow: it is about two feet high. This species is 
figured by Mr. Edwards, who was in possession of the living 
animal, and who, in order to compare his specimen with a 
much larger animal of the same species, carried it to 
Bartholomew fair, and he said they seemed highly delighted 
with each other’s company, though it was the first time of 
their meeting: the best figure of this species is said to be that 
given by Buffon, 
8. Simia apedia, or little baboon.—Thumb close to the 
fingers; nails obiong, thumb-nails rounded; haunches 
covered.—This is an inhabitant of India. The nails are 
oblong and compressed, except the thumb and great toe¬ 
nails, which resemble those of a man; the tail is scarcely an 
inch long; the face is brown, with a few scattered hairs. 
9. Simia sphinx, or great baboon.—Mouth with whiskers; 
nails acuminate; haunches naked.—This is found in the 
island of Borneo ; it is lascivious, robust, and fierce; it feeds 
on fruits and seeds; it makes great havock in the produce of 
cultivated lands. The head is oblong, resembling that of 
a dog, but more obtuse; the neck is long ; the tail is short 
and erect; the haunches red, edged with purple; it is from 
three to four feet high in its sitting posture. It is extremely 
strong and muscular in its upper parts, and slender towards 
the middle. It is, says Dr. Shaw, ferocious in its manners, 
and its appearance is at once grotesque and formidable. The 
region surrounding the tail to a considerable distance on each 
side is bare and callous.—It is a native of Borneo, and 
inhabits the hotter parts of Africa. 
10. Sima mormon, or tufted ape.—Beard thin; cheeks 
tumid, naked, blue, obliquely furrowed ; haunches naked, 
red.—It inhabits India. This, in an upright posture, is full 
five feet high. It is the most remarkable of the whole genus 
for brilliancy and variety of colour. The general tinge is a 
rich and very deep yellowish-brown; the hairs, if viewed 
near, are spleckled 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, marked by several oblique furrows. The remainder 
of the face is of a pale whitish-yellow. On the top of the 
front the hair rises, in a remarkable manner, into a pointed 
form, and beneath the chin is a pointed beard of a light 
orange-yellow. Round the back of the neck the hair is much 
longer than in other parts, and inclines downwards and for¬ 
wards, somewhat in the manner of a wreath or tippet The 
hands and feet are of a dusky colour, and are furnished with 
broad pointed claws.—It is a native of the interior parts of 
Africa, but has been found in India. 
11. Simia maimon, or ribbed-nose ape.—Beard thin; 
cheeks blue, striate; haunches naked.—It inhabits Guinea; 
weeps and groans like men, when in trouble; it is libidinous, 
ugly and disgusting, The general likeness which it bears to 
the former species is such as to give the idea of the same 
animal in a less advanced state of growth, and with less 
brilliant colours. The chin is furnished with a small sharp- 
pointed beard of a pale orange colour. The feet are armed 
with claws, and have no flattened nails. This baboon is not 
uncommon in exhibitions of animals. 
12. Simia porcaria, or hog baboon.—The head of this 
species resembles that of a hog; the snout is naked; the 
body of an olive-brown ; the haunches are covered, and 
the nails are acuminate. It is said to be three feet six inches 
in length; its colour is of a deep olive-brown; the face is 
large and black; the nose is truncated at the end, somewhat 
like that of a hog. 
13. Simia sylvatica, or wood baboon.—Face, hands and 
feet naked, black, smooth ; nails white.—It inhabits Guinea, 
and is about three feet high. It is of a robust frame. Its 
general colour is ferruginous, owing to the alternate blackish- 
brown rings with .which every hair is marked, and which 
give a kind of speckled appearance to the whole. The nails on 
the hands are somewhat long, but rounded at their extremities; 
those on the toes longer and acuminate. The space on each 
side the tail is large, bare and red: the tail is about three 
inches long. 
14. Simia variegata, or yellow baboon.—This species is 
of a bright yellow colour, mixed with black; the face is 
long, black, naked; the hands are covered on the back with 
hair. It very much resembles the sylvatica, and is found in 
Africa. Above the eyes are several long dusky hairs: it is 
about two feet high. 
15. Simia cinerea, or cinereous baboon.—The face of this 
is dusky ; the beard is of a pale brown; the crown is va¬ 
riegated with yellow ; the body is cinereous.—It is found in 
divers parts of Africa, and is about two feet high. 
16. Simia livea, or.blue-faced baboon.—The face of this 
species is blueish; it has two broad flat fore-teeth ; the beard 
is pale brown. Over the eyes are long hairs; the ears with 
a tuft of hair behind each; the hair is black mixed with 
cinereous and rusty-brown : this is three feet high. 
17. Simia platypygos, or brown baboon.—The face is of 
a dirty white, surrounded with short straight hairs. The 
upper part of the body is brown, under cinereous ; tail ta¬ 
pering, almost bare; it is naked beneath. This species, 
according to La Cepede, is the same with the long-legged 
baboon described in the additions to Buffon. The figure 
there given is the same with that in Mr. Pennant’s Quadru¬ 
peds. The distinguishing character of the animal seems to 
be the great length of its limbs. 
18. Simia cristata, or crested baboon.—In this species the 
hair on the crown of the head and cheeks is long and di¬ 
shevelled. The body is covered w'ith long black hair; the 
breast is whitish ; the face, hands and feet are black and 
naked; the tail is tapering, and about seven inches long; 
the animal is two feet high.—It is an inhabitant of India. 
III.—Monkies with long tails, that are not prehensile; the 
cheeks are pouched, and the haunches naked. 
19. Simia cynosurus, or dog-tailed monkey.—It has no 
beard ; the face is long; the forehead sooty; it has a whitish 
band over the eyes; male genitals coloured; the nails are 
convex. It is about two feet high, and is said to be faith¬ 
less, restless and lascivious. The face of this animal appears 
uncommonly mild and placid. It w-as very fond of snuff, 
which it would occasionally rub over its body in a very 
ridiculous style. 
20. Simia hamadryas, or Tartarian monkey,—This is de¬ 
scribed as cinereous ; the ears are hairy ; the nails sharpish; 
the haunches red.—It inhabits Africa, is fierce and very sin¬ 
gular in its appearance. The face is prominent; the nose 
smooth and red; the ears are pointed, and almost hidden in 
fur; the hair on the sides of the head, and so far as the waist, 
long and shaggy; the nails of the fingers are flat; those of 
the toes acute and narrow : it is about five feet high. There 
is a variety, of which above the forehead is prominent, ter¬ 
minating in a ridge.—It inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, 
is very gregarious, pillages gardens, and is watchful of sur¬ 
prize; the head is large; the nose is long and thick; the 
ears short; the crown is covered with long upright hairs; 
the body is rough and hairy; the tail is about half the 
length 
