. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 44 THE APES AND MONKEYS. was too quick for him. He seemed to be on friendly terms with the Macaques, and sustained very amicable relations with a female Baboon ; at least, he was very attentive to the beauty, and, in return, allowed her to look over his fur. According to Brockmann, no other Monkey is so eligible to membership in a Monkey theatre as the Black Baboon. He learns his part in play, retains what he has learned, and "works" with real pleas- ure. Yet he is not a regular member of the stage, as he is a rare and ex
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 44 THE APES AND MONKEYS. was too quick for him. He seemed to be on friendly terms with the Macaques, and sustained very amicable relations with a female Baboon ; at least, he was very attentive to the beauty, and, in return, allowed her to look over his fur. According to Brockmann, no other Monkey is so eligible to membership in a Monkey theatre as the Black Baboon. He learns his part in play, retains what he has learned, and "works" with real pleas- ure. Yet he is not a regular member of the stage, as he is a rare and expensive Monkey, especially if one considers his frail health when in captivity. The Common Among the Baboons proper, the Baboon, Chacma, Common Baboon (Cynocepnalus bab- and Sphinx. uin) is the best known to me, though only in captivity. He is not easily taken for the Black Baboon, nor for other Monkeys that are pro-. GELADA BABOON. With its immense mane, great canines and fierce eye this animal pre- sents a formidable appearance, and its looks do not belie its character. Sometimes a troop of these creatures encounters a body of Hamadryas when on a marauding expedition, and engage in desperate battle. The legs of the Gelada are black and the mane is a pale brown. (Cynocephalus gelada.) vided with manes ; but he closely resembles the Chacma {Cyiwcephalus porcarius) inhabiting South Africa, and the Sphinx (Cynocepkalus sphinx) inhab- iting western Africa. His smooth, even coat of fur is of a yellowish olive-green color, every individual hair being alternately dark and yellow, the under part of the body is lighter, and the cheeks are whit- ish. The face and ears assume a gray tint, the upper eyelids are white, the hands brownish-gray ; the eyes light brown. Adult males reach a shoulder height of twenty-five to thirty inches, and counting from the tip of nose to the end of tail are four feet, eight inches long. We must not forget, though, that the relatively thin tail comes in for
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