A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)

Name: A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)
Author: Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)

Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)

Primates

{96}DISTRIBUTION.--West Africa: from the Gold Coast to Senegambia, where it
is not uncommon.


VIII. THE ANGOLAN GUEREZA. COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS.

  _Colobus angolensis_, Sclater, P. Z. S., 1860, p. 245; Reichenb., Naturg.
  Affen, p. 88 (1862); Gray, P. Z. S., 1868, p. 181; id., Cat. Monkeys
  Brit. Mus., p. 18 (1870); Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, p. 24 (1876); Rochebr.,
  Faun. Sénég., Suppl. Mamm., p. 119; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb., 1889, p. 10;
  Matschie, S.B. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 1892, p. 226.

  _Colobus palliatus_, Peters, M. B. Akad. Berl., 1868, p. 637; id., op.
  cit., 1879, p. 830, pl. iv.A.; Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) iii., p. 171
  (1869); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1880, p. 68; Matschie, S.B. Ges. Natur. Fr.
  Berlin, 1892, p. 227.

  _Guereza angolensis_ et _G. palliatus_, Trouess. Consp. Mamm., pp. 10 and
  20 (1879).

CHARACTERS.--Face and ears naked, black; hair radiating round the face,
long, and directed backward, especially on the temples and sides of the
face, and on the shoulders, where it forms a lengthy mantle; hairs on the
top of the head shorter than on the back. General colour deep glossy black,
except the frontal band over the eyes, the temporal hairs, whiskers and
mantle, which are white. Tail long and black, except for the terminal
third, which is white, and has a thick tufted tip; a white spot on the
perinæum. Length of body, 23½ inches; of tail, 34 inches.

DISTRIBUTION.--East Africa: the valley of the Pangani. Said to extend to
Angola on the south-west coast.


{97}IX. RUPPELL'S GUEREZA. COLOBUS GUEREZA.

  _Colobus guereza_, Rüpp, Neue Wirbelth. Saügeth., p. 1, pl. 1 (1835);
  Lesson, Spec. Mamm., p. 68 (1840); Martin, Mammif. An., p. 494 (1841);
  Is. Geoffr., Dict. H. N., iv., p. 117 (1849); id., Cat. Méth. Primates,
  p. 17 (1851); Temm., Esquiss. Zool. Guin., p. 23 (1853); Dahlb., Zool.
  Stud., i., p. 95 (1857); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1860, p. 246; Gray, P. Z. S.,
  1868, p. 182; Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 25 (1876); Thomas, P. Z. S.,
  1885, p. 219; Matschie, S. B. Gesell. Natur. Fr. Berlin, 1892, p. 225, et
  seqq.

  _Guereza rueppelli_, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 19 (1870);
  Rochebr., Faun. Sénégamb., i., Mamm., p. 25 (1885); id., t.c., suppl., p.
  129, pl. xi. (1887).

  _Guereza guereza_, Trouess., Consp. Mamm., p. 10 (1879.)

  _Guereza occidentalis_, Rochebr., _op. cit._, Suppl., p. 140, pl. xiii.
  (1887).

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A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)

Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)

Primates

{96}DISTRIBUTION.--West Africa: from the Gold Coast to Senegambia, where it
is not uncommon.


VIII. THE ANGOLAN GUEREZA. COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS.

  _Colobus angolensis_, Sclater, P. Z. S., 1860, p. 245; Reichenb., Naturg.
  Affen, p. 88 (1862); Gray, P. Z. S., 1868, p. 181; id., Cat. Monkeys
  Brit. Mus., p. 18 (1870); Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, p. 24 (1876); Rochebr.,
  Faun. Sénég., Suppl. Mamm., p. 119; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb., 1889, p. 10;
  Matschie, S.B. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 1892, p. 226.

  _Colobus palliatus_, Peters, M. B. Akad. Berl., 1868, p. 637; id., op.
  cit., 1879, p. 830, pl. iv.A.; Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) iii., p. 171
  (1869); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1880, p. 68; Matschie, S.B. Ges. Natur. Fr.
  Berlin, 1892, p. 227.

  _Guereza angolensis_ et _G. palliatus_, Trouess. Consp. Mamm., pp. 10 and
  20 (1879).

CHARACTERS.--Face and ears naked, black; hair radiating round the face,
long, and directed backward, especially on the temples and sides of the
face, and on the shoulders, where it forms a lengthy mantle; hairs on the
top of the head shorter than on the back. General colour deep glossy black,
except the frontal band over the eyes, the temporal hairs, whiskers and
mantle, which are white. Tail long and black, except for the terminal
third, which is white, and has a thick tufted tip; a white spot on the
perinæum. Length of body, 23½ inches; of tail, 34 inches.

DISTRIBUTION.--East Africa: the valley of the Pangani. Said to extend to
Angola on the south-west coast.


{97}IX. RUPPELL'S GUEREZA. COLOBUS GUEREZA.

  _Colobus guereza_, Rüpp, Neue Wirbelth. Saügeth., p. 1, pl. 1 (1835);
  Lesson, Spec. Mamm., p. 68 (1840); Martin, Mammif. An., p. 494 (1841);
  Is. Geoffr., Dict. H. N., iv., p. 117 (1849); id., Cat. Méth. Primates,
  p. 17 (1851); Temm., Esquiss. Zool. Guin., p. 23 (1853); Dahlb., Zool.
  Stud., i., p. 95 (1857); Sclater, P. Z. S., 1860, p. 246; Gray, P. Z. S.,
  1868, p. 182; Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 25 (1876); Thomas, P. Z. S.,
  1885, p. 219; Matschie, S. B. Gesell. Natur. Fr. Berlin, 1892, p. 225, et
  seqq.

  _Guereza rueppelli_, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 19 (1870);
  Rochebr., Faun. Sénégamb., i., Mamm., p. 25 (1885); id., t.c., suppl., p.
  129, pl. xi. (1887).

  _Guereza guereza_, Trouess., Consp. Mamm., p. 10 (1879.)

  _Guereza occidentalis_, Rochebr., _op. cit._, Suppl., p. 140, pl. xiii.
  (1887).

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