. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 5(34 QUADKUMAXA. The Baboons {Cijnocephalus *) are the most brutal and ferocious of the entire race, alike formidable for their size and strength; their limbs are short, and their usual mode of progi-ession is on all fours. In leaping they display con- siderable agility, and frequent the wooded mountains and wildest rocks. They feed on fruit and vegetables, and do much damage by pillaging fields and gardens. The Baboons nearly all inhabit Africa. To these belong The Mandrills (Fig. 484). These are amongst the most extra- ordina
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 5(34 QUADKUMAXA. The Baboons {Cijnocephalus *) are the most brutal and ferocious of the entire race, alike formidable for their size and strength; their limbs are short, and their usual mode of progi-ession is on all fours. In leaping they display con- siderable agility, and frequent the wooded mountains and wildest rocks. They feed on fruit and vegetables, and do much damage by pillaging fields and gardens. The Baboons nearly all inhabit Africa. To these belong The Mandrills (Fig. 484). These are amongst the most extra- ordinaiy and hideous creatures imaginable; their colour is a brown grey, inclining to olive, their chin is furnished with a lemon-coloured beard, their cheeks are of a brilliant blue, and their nose red, especially near the top, where it is bright scaiiet, while the hinder part of the body is of a deep violet tint. These creatures attain to a very large size, and are justly feared by the negroes of the Guinea coast, where they are common. The Guenons or Long-tailed Monkeys [Cercopithecus]) possess both callosities and cheek-pouches. The species are very numerous, and very various in their size and ?'1 -^?^-^^. FlG^ 485.—KAHAU. * Kvwv, Kvvos, kuon, kunos, a dog; K€4>a\-t], cephale, the head- dog-headed. t KdpKos, cercos, a tail; iridr^Kos, pithecos, a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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