reason is not hard to seek for both 
these animals are full of fun and 
play. “ Sybille,” the female, appears 
to be more adventuresome than her 
male companion “ Rudolf.” 
The chimpanzees have been trained 
by Keeper Lionel Saunders to take 
their afternoon tea in a way which 
will delight everyone. 
The chimpanzees' tea-party takes 
place at 4-15 p.m . every afternoon . 
GIBBONS. —These are the smallest 
of the man-like apes and have long 
slender bodies and excessively long 
arms. They are found in South¬ 
eastern Asia (Assam, Burma, Siam, 
Indo-China, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, 
Borneo and Hainan), and several 
species are known. The gibbons 
spend most of their time in the trees 
and when they descend to the 
ground they appear most awkward 
and walk upright, carrying their 
arms high above their heads. They 
usually quench their thirst by 
dipping a hand into the water and 
then letting the drops of water run 
off the fingers into the mouth. All 
gibbons have powerful voices which 
are audible at great distances. 
Photo by “ Daily Dispatch” OLD WORLD MONKEYS.— 
GIBBONS AT play This group of monkeys includes the 
macaques from South-eastern Asia, 
the guenons and the mangabeys from Africa, and the baboons from Africa and Arabia. 
All are represented in the Zoo. All these monkeys have tails, those of the guenons being 
extremely long, but none are prehensile. Many of the monkeys have cheek-pouches in 
which they can conveniently store food. 
Of the macaques, the type most commonly kept in the Zoo, or as a pet in the home, is 
the rhesus monkey from Northern India. It is a hardy animal, and when acclimatized 
can be kept in this country all the 
year round without the aid of 
artificial heat. A colony of rhesus 
monkeys will be found on the 
Monkey Mountain situated in the 
Centenary Gardens. Many births 
have taken place on the Mountain, 
the mothers guard their babies with 
great care and for the first three or 
four months never leave them. 
When moving about their rocky 
home the mother often puts one 
arm around the baby, which clings 
to the underside of her body, 
although it is able to maintain its 
hold quite unaided fcy her. 
The name “ guenon 55 is French and 
means ‘ one who grimaces ’—an apt 
term, for these monkeys often 
reward an interested spectator with 
widely diverse facial expressions and 
they are therefore very popular and 
amusing. Many species are shown 
including the mona, Campbell’ S, Photo by C.P. Burrows 
soldier, pluto or diadem, the BRAZZA MONKEYS 
pour 
common green, vervet, the red-eared, the moustached, Preuss’s or red-backed, and a 
magnificent specimen of the Brazza or bearded monkey. 
The mangabeys are large and very active monkeys originating from West Africa. They 
can easily be distinguished by their characteristic white eyelids. Mangabeys are among 
the most playful of all monkeys, and the sooty mangabey, identified by its ash-grey fur, 
is the one most commonly found in the Zoo, but the white-collared and the white- 
crowned varieties may also be seen quite frequently. 
The baboons are large and powerful animals, easily recognized by their heavy dog¬ 
like muzzles. They are usually encountered in troops and travellers of olden days 
learned to respect them, for their attacks were feared as much as those of a lion. Family 
life is of a high order with the baboons, and colonies are ruled by several old males, 
who do not hesitate to chastise the younger members, should the occasion demand. 
The most spectacular baboons are the mandrills from West Africa. Their black faces 
are made bizarre by brilliant blue flutings down each side of the nose and carmine lips, 
while should the animal present its hindquarters for inspection (as it does when pleasantly 
disposed, accompanied by a grunting noise), it will be seen that Nature has endowed it 
with “ Technicolor ” effects in this region also. 
NEW WORLD MONKEYS. — This group includes two families consisting of 
approximately fifteen genera, most of which are found in Brazil and adjacent countries, 
although several species occur in Central America and one or two extend to the Southern 
part of Mexico. 
The American monkeys are usually not well represented in the zoos of Northern Europe 
for, generally speaking, they cannot stand the climate. The better known and hardier 
members of the group are 
the squirrel monkeys, 
capuchin or sapajou 
monkeys, woolly monkeys, 
spider monkeys, and the 
marmosets. The capuchin 
woolly and spider 
monkeys all have prehen¬ 
sile tails, that is, tails 
which can be used for 
grasping and can there¬ 
fore be regarded almost 
as a fifth limb. 
On the whole the New 
World monkeys are more 
docile and affectionate 
than their cousins from 
the Old World, and there¬ 
fore make more suitable 
pets for the home, provid¬ 
ing that they are given the 
additional attention and 
warmth required for their 
well-being. 
Capuchin, woolly and 
spider monkeys, and the 
marmosets are often 
shown in the collection. 
LEMURS. —The true 
lemurs are found only on 
the island of Madagascar; 
they are principally 
arboreal and nocturnal 
by habit, although they 
normally change to diurnal 
ways in captivity. The 
name lemur comes from 
the Latin lemures —mean¬ 
ing “ spirits of the dead,” 
and refers to the ancients’ 
Photo by T. Middleton, Jnr. 
EAST AFRICAN BABOON 
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