. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . upper, and two lower canines; ten tipper, and ten loweimolars. Canines very strong; last molar of the under jaw on each side with a heel;heart and muzzle much elongated; nostrils placed at the extremity, like the dog; facialangle, thirty to thirty-five degrees: superciliary, sagittal, and occipital ridges, much de-veloped ; orhit hollow; maxillary bone much produced; face wrinkled, with longitudinalstriae; ears flat and angular; cheek p. iches; members of nearly
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . upper, and two lower canines; ten tipper, and ten loweimolars. Canines very strong; last molar of the under jaw on each side with a heel;heart and muzzle much elongated; nostrils placed at the extremity, like the dog; facialangle, thirty to thirty-five degrees: superciliary, sagittal, and occipital ridges, much de-veloped ; orhit hollow; maxillary bone much produced; face wrinkled, with longitudinalstriae; ears flat and angular; cheek p. iches; members of nearly equal length, and vervrobust; large callosities. 11 62 M A M MALI A —M ANDRILL. of the Cape of Good Hope. It is a proper baboon. Its general color is adusky hue, bordering upon black. The body is from two to three feet inlength, and the tail is so short, that, when the animal stands on all fours,it does not reach the ground. The adult has a large mane. The fore-head of this species is remarkably depressed; the nose is much voice of the pig-faced baboon has a near resemblance to the barkof a dog. THE This baboon, which also bears the name of the ribbed-nosed baboon, isan ugly, disgusting animal. It is found on the Gold Coast, and in othersouthern provinces of Africa, where the negroes call it boggo, and the Euro-peans, mandril!. This animal is the largest of the baboon kind. Smithrelates, that a female mandrill was given to him, which was not above sixmonths old, and had then attained the size of an baboon. He like-wise acquaints us, that these animals always walk erect; that they sighand cry like the human species ; that they have a violent passion for thefemale sex; that they never fail to overcome them if they come withintheir reach. This animal is equally remarkable for its variety of color, its singularityof appearance, its immense strength, and its unconquerable savageness Cynoccphalus mormon. MAMMALIA —COAITA. 83 Under its projecting
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