A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
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A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
Primates
_Simia troglodytes_, Gm., Syst. Nat., p. 26 (1788); Blumenb., Handb., x.,
p. 73 (1803); Owen, Tr. Z. S. I., p. 344, pls. 48, 50-52, 55, 56 (1835);
ii., p. 169 (1841); Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 8 (1876).
_Troglodytes niger_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 87 (1812); Desmar.,
Mammolog., p. 49 (1820); Lesson, Spec. Mamm., p. 37 (1840); var.
_Marungensis_, Owen, Tr. Z. S., v., p. 3, pls. i.-ix.; p. 279, pl. xlix.
(1866); Noalk, Zool. Jahrb., ii., p. 291 (1887).
_Pseudanthropos (Troglodytes) leucoprymnus_, Less., Ill., Prod. Syst.
Mamm., pl. 12 (1811); Reichenb., Naturg. Affen., p. 191 (1862).
_Pithecus leucopryma_, Less., Ill. Zool., pl. 31 (1836; young).
_Satyrus lagaros_, Meyen, Arch. f. Naturg., p. 282 (1856).
_Mimetes troglodytes_, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 6 (1870).
_Troglodytes vellerosus_, Gray, P. Z. S., 1862, p. 181; id., Cat. Monkeys
Brit. Mus., Append., p. 127.
_Troglodytes schweinfurthi_, Gigl., Studii Craniol. sui Cimpanzé iii., p.
56 (1872).
_Troglodytes aubryi_, Grat. et Alix, Nouv. Arch. Mus., ii., p. 1, pls. 1,
9 (1866).
{195}_Troglodytes tchego_, Duvernoy, Arch. Mus., viii., p. 8 (1855).
_Anthropopithecus troglodytes_, Flower & Lydekker, Mamm., p. 736, fig.
357 (1891).
CHARACTERS.--Face, ears, hands, and feet dark-reddish flesh-colour, or more
rarely of a blackish-brown colour; in general the colour of the hair is
wholly black, except on the upper and lower lips, where it is white and
very short, and in the region of the buttocks, where it is washed with
reddish-brown.
Hair on the body straight and silky, with coarser hair interspersed; on the
top of the head it lies smoothly to each side, away from a median line;
round the face it forms bushy whiskers, extending down into a slight beard;
it encroaches on the brow, leaving only a triangular central space naked;
on the upper and lower lips are short, bristly hairs; the rest of the face
naked and much wrinkled; on the shoulders, the back, and the hips, the hair
is longer than elsewhere; the back of the hands and feet are thinly haired,
the fingers and toes nude. The margin of the ears is often folded in for
the greater part of its length.
The skin of the body is of a peculiar light, yet muddy, flesh-colour,
sometimes verging on brown. Brownish or black spots on many parts of the
body seem to vary in different individuals.
The expression of the face is grave, but less melancholy and pre-occupied
than in the Orangs.
The weight of the brain in _A. troglodytes_ varies from 6½ to 6-3/5 ounces.
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