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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64

Cases 1 to 4

Cases 1 to 4

Contain the Apes and Monkeys of the Old World. In case 1 the Anthropoid, or man-like apes are represented by a young Chimpanzee (Troglodytes niger) from W. Africa (the adult animal attains a height of nearly [unclear: five] and the Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates leuciscus). The Gibbons are very active, and have excessively long arms. It will be noticed that neither the Gibbon nor the Chimpanzee have any tail.

The next group includes the Catarrhine Monkeys. We are the Entellus, or Sacred Monkey of India ([unclear: Semno] entellus), with its young one hanging round [unclear: its]. The Colobus (Colobus bicolor), from Africa; [unclear: the] Monkey (Cercopithecus cephus); the [unclear: Pig] Monkey (Macacus nemestrinus), &c. The [unclear: genus], so called from the resemblance of [unclear: their] to those of dogs, contains the Baboons. We [unclear: have] Chema (Cynocephalus porcarius), the Baboon ([unclear: Cyno] babouin), and the Mandrill (Papio mormon). This specimen is quite young, a full-grown animal measuring four feet in height.