CEKCOPITHECTJS ^THIOPS, 
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CEECOPITHECUS. 
Cercopithecus, Erxleben, Syst, Reg. Anim. 1777, p. 23. 
Form agile. Muzzle short; nostrils lateraF; cheek-pouches present; ischial cal¬ 
losities moderate ; tail long; last lower molar without posterior talon. 
Confined to Africa. 
Ceecopithecus ^thiops, Linn. 
Simla (Bthiops, Linnaeus, Hasselq. Iter Palaest. 1757, p. 190; Syst. Nat. 10, i. 1758, p. 28; 
Hermann, Observ. Zool. 1804, i. p. 6. 
Simla sahaa, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12, i. 1766, p. 38 (partim). 
1 Simla engytitthia, Hermann, Observ. Zool. 1804, i. p. 1. 
‘"Le Grivet” {Cercopithecus griseus), F. Cuv. Hist. Nat. des Mammif. livr. 7, June 1819. 
Cercopithecus grlseoviridis, Desm. Encycl. Method., Mamm. 1820, p. 61; Riipp. Neue Wirbelth., 
Saiig. 1835, p. 8; Martin, Nat. Hist. 1841, p. 518; Rupp. Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 150; 
DesMurs, Voy. Abyss, pt. iv. 1847, p. 11; Brehm, Reise nach Habesch, 1863, p. 57; Fitz. 
SB. k. Akad. Wissenscb. Wien, 1866, p. 539 ; Hartmann, Zeitseh. Ges. f. Erdk. Berlin, iii. 
1868, p. 33; Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, p. 324; Heuglin, Reise N.O.-Afr. ii. 1877, 
p. 5 ; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 247. 
Simla subvirldls, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. 1821, xx. p. 27 j Desmoul. Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. vii. 
1825, p. 567; Sundev. K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. Stockholm, 1842 (1843), p. 198. 
General colour greyish olive or dingy green, brighter or more yellow on the top of 
the head and along the back; the hairs annulated with black and broad yellow rings. 
A white frontal band continuous with the white whiskers, which consist of long hairs 
directed backwards and almost covering the ears. The outsides of the thighs less 
richly coloured than the back; the hands and feet dusky black, the under parts and 
inner sides of the limbs white. Tail dusky grey throughout its extent, ash-coloured 
or even white on its under surface, and sometimes yellowish towards the point. 
Face black, livid round the eyes; the skin of the chin dusky, but the hairs covering it 
white; ears and under surface of the hands and feet black. Some long stifif black 
superciliary hairs ; hairs between the callosities and about the anus white; scrotum 
green. 
Linnaeus’s description of Simia sabcea was based primarily upon Brisson’s ^ definition 
of ‘ Le Singe verd,’ and at once suggests the Grivet of F. Cuvier, whereas the 
second reference given was Edwards’s^ St. Jago Monkey, the Callitriche of F. Cuvier. 
The localities assigned to the species by Linnaeus (viz., Africa, Egypt, and Cape Verd 
1 Reg. Anim. 1756, p. 204. 
2 Gleanings of Nat. Hist. 1758, v. p. 10, pi. 215. 
