ASCANIUS. 
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Generic Character. 
Front-teeth in each jaw four, placed near to¬ 
gether. 
Canine-teeth solitary, longer than the others* 
distant from the grinders. 
Grinders obtuse. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Long-tailed, bearded, olivc-coloured Monkey, 
grey beneath, with violaceous face, and white 
nose. 
L’Ascagne. 
Audeb. Singes. 
The animal represented on the present plate seems 
to have been first described by Monsr. Audebert, 
in his elegant publication entitled tc Histoire dcs 
Singes ,” fyc. In size it nearly equals the Simia Sa- 
baea or green monkey, and is said to be ot a very 
lively, but gentle disposition. Its native country 
is not certainly known, but it is probably an African 
species. 
