. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. *s -e gy v^w»l-u,aufc|sy^^ PIG-TAILED MACAQUES. Natives of Sumatra, Borneo, and the M "Climbers of Palms,'' by the natives, on account of their fondness for the fruit easily domesticated. The artist has sketched them with their favorite food, comfortably upon it. (Macacus nemestrinus.) hands are of a light copper color ; the callosities of a vivid red. The female lets her tail hang down, while the male curves his laterally and inwardly. The Magot, or Th
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. *s -e gy v^w»l-u,aufc|sy^^ PIG-TAILED MACAQUES. Natives of Sumatra, Borneo, and the M "Climbers of Palms,'' by the natives, on account of their fondness for the fruit easily domesticated. The artist has sketched them with their favorite food, comfortably upon it. (Macacus nemestrinus.) hands are of a light copper color ; the callosities of a vivid red. The female lets her tail hang down, while the male curves his laterally and inwardly. The Magot, or The most important of all Macaques in "Barbary a certain respect is the Magot, Barbary APe-" Ape, or Tailless Ape {Macacos syl- vanus, or Inuus ecaudatus) the only Monkey living in the wild state in Europe. As he possesses no tail, he has lately been considered as a representative of a different species, but usually he is known as the Turkish or Barbary Ape. His frame is slight, his limbs slender, his fur and beard thick. The wrin- kled face, the ears, hands and feet are flesh-colored, the callosities bright red and the body is of a red- dish-olive hue. The under surface of the body and the inner sides of the limbs are lighter and grayish. The length of a Magot is about thirty inches. There is no doubt that this Monkey was known to the ancient Greeks under the name of Pithecus. Pliny tells us that it imitated everything, could be taught to play certain games, liked to be petted, and propagated in captivity, etc. The Magot is a native of northwestern Africa. It would appear that the animal lives gregariously, in large troops, following the leadership of old ex- perienced males. It is very clever, cunning and scheming, agile and strong, and, in case of emer- gency, defends itself excellently with its splendid set of teeth. When the creature is excited it dis- torts its face more than any other Monkey, moving the lips in all directions and chattering with the teeth. When
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