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
"Although among the many closely allied species of _Semnopithecus_ it is
difficult to be at all sure of their mutual affinities, it would seem that
_S. natunæ_ is most nearly related to _S. femoralis_, Horsf., and _S.
siamensis_, M. and S. Both of these have a similar arrangement of the hairs
on the crown and nape; and, on the other hand, the former possesses the
wholly black hands, feet, and tail of _S. natunæ_, and to a certain extent
the browner tint of the back, while, on the other, _S. siamensis_ has its
whitish under side and light thigh-patch, although united with a widely
different coloration."
HABITS.--Mr. Everett gives the following note: "Native name 'K[)e]káh,'
which is onomatopoeic. These animals were common about the base of Mount
Ranai, going in troops, and they commit great depredations on the native
gardens. The irides are light cinnamon-brown; face livid black, the eyelids
and muzzle, {131}white; feet and hands very dark brown; the ears blackish
externally, the outer edge and interior dull white, marbled to some extent
with livid blackish spots. In an immature individual, barely half-grown,
the white of the eyelids, nose, and chin was tinged with dull pink; and at
the exterior angle of each orbit was a bare spot of bluish-white, showing
very distinctly, owing to its different tinge of colour, the skin of the
face otherwise being livid black. With maturity these naked white spots at
the angle of the orbits disappear. I kept this animal alive, intending to
bring it home, but it succumbed to the severity of our return passage. It
fed on the leaves of sweet potatoes and tapioca, and, although it had been
recently captured, in a few days it was very gentle and timid. The
breeding-season with these Monkeys is either very prolonged, or is not
defined at all, for I obtained them in October, when the rains were
beginning, in all stages, from a foetus three inches long, to half-grown
specimens."
XXII. PHAYRE'S LANGUR. SEMNOPITHECUS PHAYRII.
_Semnopithecus obscurus_ (nec Reid), Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xiii., p. 466
(1844).
_Presbytis phayrei_, Blyth, _op. cit._, xvi., p. 733, pl. xxxvii., fig. 3
(1847); Wagner in Schreb. Säugeth. Suppl. v., p. 28 (1855); Tickell, J.
A. S. Beng., xxviii., p. 428 (1859).
_Semnopithecus argentatus_, Blyth in Horsf. Cat. Mamm. E. I. Co. Mus., p.
7 (1851).
_Presbytis cristatus_, Raffl. apud Blyth, Mamm. Burma, p. 9 (nec
Raffles).
_Semnopithecus rubicundus_, var. _C._, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p.
17 (1870).
{132}_Semnopithecus phayrei_, Anderson, Zool. Res. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 34
(1878); id., Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Beng., p. 49; Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas,
vii., p. 33 (1876); Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., p. 39 (1891).
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