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from 33 to 58 mm., and on the lower part of the limbs from 19 to 25 mm.h Entire 
face, from between the eyes forwards, more or less covered with fine hairs, those on the 
mesial line between the eyes very minute (requiring the aid of a lens to detect them), 
depressed downwards in the direction of the muzzle, the majority being nearly pure 
w^hite; similar hairs occur on the sides of the face below the eyes, directed backwards 
and outwards to behind the eyes, where they merge wuth the hairs on the side of the 
head. Besides these microscopic hairs, which merely produce a softening tone or 
bloom on the face, other longer hairs are sparsely scattered over the face, and are 
generally of a blackish or brown colour. Whiskers not prominent, directed upwards 
and backwards, greyish or pale brown, showing more or less annulation as they 
become longer and denser in front of and below the ears which they partially hide. 
The pelage consists of two kinds of hairs, those constituting the general mass stilfish 
and coarser than the rest, which are fine, wavy, and sparsely distributed. The bases of 
the hairs (^. e. the non-annulated portion) are dark vinous-brown, paling, however, in 
many parts into greyish as they approach the skin. Hairs generally more or less 
annulated, the greatest amount of annulation occurring on the pectoral region ; each 
hair has its tip black to a varying extent, succeeded by a yellow band also varying, but 
generally rather broad; the latter is followed by a black band of considerable breadth 
and intensity, shading off gradually into the vinous-brown portion of the base of the 
hair; in many hairs, however, there is a pale area beyond this black band, while in 
many others it is succeeded by another yellow band, generally feebly defined; but the 
prominent feature is the broad yellow subapical band. On the pectoral region as 
many as 6 to 9 bands may be developed. The long black tips to the hairs and the 
subapical yellow band are chiefly instrumental in producing the characteristic colouring 
of this baboon, as is the case also in its allies. The other bands, except on the pectoral 
region, are hidden in the pelage; but the hair on the chest is not so dense as on the 
head and back, and the annulations are consequently more apparent. 
F. Cuvier published in 1825^ an account of two baboons. They were about one 
foot and a half in length from the end of the muzzle to the hinder end of the body, 
and two feet in height at the vertex. In these baboons the muzzle was more elongated 
^ In an adult female tlie hair on the foregoing parts has the following measurements:—vertex 60-75mm.; 
shoulders 73-98; pectoral region 59-75; sacral region 42-50; outside of thighs 33-48; lower portion 
ot limbs 19-23. In a young male the hair on these parts is as follows :—vertex 71-85 mm.; shoulders 
74-100 ; pectoral area 40-73 ; sacral region 39-61 ; outside of thighs 36-69 ; lower portion of limbs 14-20. 
2 Hist. Hat. Mamm. livr. 50, Juin 1825. [In this description no Latin name was given. Cuvier, in 
fact, was doubtful whether the specimen he figured was not the representative of an older stage of develop¬ 
ment of his Babouin [P. cynocejilialus]. The scientific name must therefore be credited to Fischer, who 
published it in proper form a few years after. This alteration of authors will not affect the particular 
species attributed to P. anuhis, F. Cuv., in the pages of this book.—W. E. db W.] 
