. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. Hoonuman Monkey Gbe 1Warrow*mo0^ HpcsâContinued. â i 7^ THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS. The second group of the Narrow-nosed Apes consists of the Dog- shaped Monkeys {Cynopithecim). Their distinguishing features are the forward projection of the snout, especially noticeable in the lower tribes, the shorter arms, the frequent occurrence of a tail and cheek-pouches, and the regular existence of callosities on the hinder quarters. In other respects they show a great va
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. Hoonuman Monkey Gbe 1Warrow*mo0^ HpcsâContinued. â i 7^ THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS. The second group of the Narrow-nosed Apes consists of the Dog- shaped Monkeys {Cynopithecim). Their distinguishing features are the forward projection of the snout, especially noticeable in the lower tribes, the shorter arms, the frequent occurrence of a tail and cheek-pouches, and the regular existence of callosities on the hinder quarters. In other respects they show a great variety of structure, ranging from the elon- gated shape of the Slender Monkeys to the bulky form of the Baboons. Where Dog- They are natives of the warm countries of the Old World, Shaped especially India, from the Himalaya Mountains south, Monkeys Liue. Cochin China, the Malay Archipelago, Southern Arabia and the whole of Africa, with the exception of the Eastern Sahara country. They are the most active of their family, clever, but in the majority of cases malicious and indecent. They do a great deal of damage, plundering plantations and orchards in the boldest manner, and sometimes exciting general fear by their malicious propensities. By the people of some of the countries which they inhabit they are looked upon with the greatest contempt, while among others religious superstition invests them with the attributes of sanctity. SLENDER OR SACRED MONKEYS. Among the Dog-shaped Monkeys we will first turn to the Slender or Sacred Monkeys (Semrwpiihecus), which are, as their name indicates, â¢a R ty inches in length its color gUg^iy Dujit ancj are endowed with lonp, fine extremities and a very ⢠/ \J is a deep gray, with tinges & / ' ⢠, r i ⢠1 i to, and its lips, chin long tail, a small, high head, a face devoid of hair, and a short snout, pro- St&"di^s^sW^uEr,SeiS videdwith small cheek-pouches. Their callosities are very small. The and easily escapes pur
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