. Natural history. Zoology. 22 MAMMALIAâORDER I.âPRIMATES. Barbary ape (Mnr_ncMs imiiis), is found in North Africa and on the rock of Gibraltar ; and one of the Asiatic species ranges as far nortli as Eastern Tibet, while a third is found in Japan. In the Barbary ape the tail is want- ing, in the common Bengal monkey (M. rhesus) it is about half the length of the head and body, and in the crab-eating macaque (M. cynomolgus) it is con- siderably longer. The well-known Indian lion-tailed monkey (Af. silenus) takes its name from the presence of a large terminal tuft to the tail ; the head and nec
. Natural history. Zoology. 22 MAMMALIAâORDER I.âPRIMATES. Barbary ape (Mnr_ncMs imiiis), is found in North Africa and on the rock of Gibraltar ; and one of the Asiatic species ranges as far nortli as Eastern Tibet, while a third is found in Japan. In the Barbary ape the tail is want- ing, in the common Bengal monkey (M. rhesus) it is about half the length of the head and body, and in the crab-eating macaque (M. cynomolgus) it is con- siderably longer. The well-known Indian lion-tailed monkey (Af. silenus) takes its name from the presence of a large terminal tuft to the tail ; the head and neck being also furnished with a mane. Many of these monkeys are of comparatively large size, and are very savage in disposition, biting tiercely when annoyed. The black ape {(Jyiiopithecus niger) of the island of Celebes is the sole re- presentative of a genus forming a connecting link between Black Ape the preceding and the following, the muzzle being more pro- {Cynopithecits). duced than in the macaques, and the fore part of the skull bearing longitudinal ridges, as in some of the dog-faced baboons. This monkey, which takes its name from the dark colour of the hair, has the tail reduced to a mere fleshy tubercle concealed among the fur. It is also found in the island of Batchian, in the Molucca group, where it has probably been introduced by the Malays. Two species of baboons, the one (Theropithecus gelada) from Southern Abyssinia, and the other (T. ohscHrus) from North-Eastern Gelada Baboons Africaâconstitute a genus dilfering from the next by having {Theropithecus). the nostrils placed on the sides of the long muzzle, as in the macaques, instead of being terminal and opening on its trun- cated extremity. The true gelada is a most extraordinary-looking creature, having a long crest of dark brown hair above the eyes, and a mantle-hke mane of the same descending from the neck arid shoulders to the loins, and also reaching on the arms as far as the elbows ; the chin, and a pat
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