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
CHARACTERS.--Related to _C. samango_, but larger; hairs long above,
olivaceous, speckled with black; head darker; a broad band covering the
middle and lower back, and the base of the upper side of the tail
rufous--the hairs ringed with black; arms, externally from the shoulders
down to the hands, and internally on the lower part of the fore-arm, black;
outer aspect of the thighs and legs blackish-grey, washed posteriorly with
yellowish; tail, except at the very tip, deep black; the face, lips,
{75}and ears naked, and black; a fulvous band across the forehead above the
eyes; sides of the head fulvous, speckled with black; throat, creamy
yellow; under side of body pale fulvous, the hairs ringed with black; the
inside of the arms, thighs, and upper part of the legs greyish fulvous;
feet black. Length of body, 28 inches; of tail, 26 inches.
DISTRIBUTION.--British Central Africa. Procured from the natives of
N-Konde, and brought from Karonga, at the north end of Lake Nyasa, by Dr.
Moloney.
HABITS.--Unknown.
XXXI. SCHLEGEL'S GUENON. CERCOPITHECUS NEGLECTUS.
_Cercopithecus leucocampyx_ (nec Fischer), Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus.,
p. 22 (1870).
_Cercopithecus neglectus_, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 70 (1876);
Giglioli, Zool. Anz., x., p. 510 (1887); Scl., P. Z. S., 1893, p. 253.
CHARACTERS.--General colour greyish-brown, finely grizzled; under side of
body black; crown, outside of limbs and base of tail black; anterior aspect
of thighs and a band across the haunches white.
Distinguished from the true _C. leucampyx_ by the colour of the front of
the thighs, and by its banded haunch.
_Distribution._--The White Nile, where it was obtained by Consul Petherick.
XXXII. THE DIADEM GUENON. CERCOPITHECUS LEUCAMPYX.
_Simia leucampyx_, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 20 (1829).
{76}_Le Diane femelle_, F. Cuv., Hist. Nat., Mamm., livr. xlii. (June,
1824).
_Cercopithecus diadematus_, Geoffr. in Bélang., Voy. Zool. p. 51 (1834).
_Cercopithecus leucampyx_, Martin, Mamm. An., p. 529 (1841); Geoffr.,
Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat., iii., p. 304 (1849); Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii.,
p. 83 (1876); Giglioli, Zool. Anz., x., p. 510 (1887); Sclater, P. Z. S.,
1893, p. 253 ([female]).
_Cercopithecus pluto_, Gray, P. Z. S., 1848, p. 56, pl. iii.; 1868, p.
182; id., Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 23 (1870); Wagner in Schreb.
Säugeth. Suppl., v., p. 48 (1855); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 670, 1871,
p. 36, 1892, p. 97.
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