. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYSâMACAQUES. m gray in the upper part, with a yellowish tinge over forehead up and down, puts the snout forward, and the hips and buttocks ; the lower part is white, the presses the lips together in such a way as to form a tail greenish above, gray below. The face, ears and small and perfectly round hole. The Magot inhab- its mountainous regions, and is as much at home on rocks as on trees. It i3- said that it feeds on in* sects and worms like the Baboon, and therefore keeps lifting up stones, which occasionally
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYSâMACAQUES. m gray in the upper part, with a yellowish tinge over forehead up and down, puts the snout forward, and the hips and buttocks ; the lower part is white, the presses the lips together in such a way as to form a tail greenish above, gray below. The face, ears and small and perfectly round hole. The Magot inhab- its mountainous regions, and is as much at home on rocks as on trees. It i3- said that it feeds on in* sects and worms like the Baboon, and therefore keeps lifting up stones, which occasionally roll down hill and endanger the '-^*^^^^^'^i^iH^^l^HK'i''>S?SP^HI V^P^^^^^^^*^ Wl'-'ii^^^^^^ safety of passers-by. It is TTM^mm^K^mS^X^M^^m-^^mUmmM^) $JW^!M^ also thought to be very /â ^5 V'^^'i^R^HHw^^a^SH^^P }yi^^m^^^^mMkl^^^^^'''^'^^^^'' fond of Scorpions ; ver/ //fl9Hi^mmmmmSsmmB^^^^K. la vmSfm 'vil^afch^': ' ^12. a-droltly twisting off thelf poisonous tails, and then eating the bodies. But it is also satisfied with small- er insects and worms, and the smaller the game the more zealously it is hunted, and the more voraciously* it is eaten. The prey is I gg^liSil''_^^S!MS:."^>'t?bL^?MFMiMlfiiii'^^'Jiffl?^.Figf^-"^'S^^' iV" JWiiti carefully taken up, gazed upon with a satisfied chuckle, and speedily de- voured. The Troop of The Magot Magotsat is the only Gibraltar. Monkey that inhabits Europe in a wild state. I was told PIG-TAILED MACAQUES. Natives of Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula, and are called Bruh, or ,,,u_â T ,,;c;torl +1if» or>iitK "Climbers of Palms," by the natives, on account of their fondness for the fruit of these trees. They are harmless and wiicn j. visilcu uic suulii easily domesticated. The artist has sketched them with their favorite food, the hand of one of the animals resting of Spain, that the band of comfortably upon it. (Macacus n^mesMnus.) ^^^^^ MonkeyS at Gibral-. hands are of a light copper color
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