On the mammals collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J. Lewis Bonhote.
- Bonhote, John Lewis James, 1875-1922.
- Date:
- 1900
Licence: In copyright
Credit: On the mammals collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J. Lewis Bonhote. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![SI2 ME. J. LEWIS BOKHOTE OK THE [Dee. 4, Measurements [from skin]. Length, tip of muzzle to root of tail, 22 in.; tail 1| in.; hind foot 5^ in. Skull. Greatest length 124 mm. ; zygomatic breadth 81 ; breadth of brain-case 64: length, occipital to back of nasals, 89; back of nasals to tip of prse maxillae 47. 2. Macacus cynomolgus (Schreb.). Macacus cynomolgus, Schreb. Saugeth. i. p. 91, pi. xiii. (fig. Buffon), nec Linn.; S. S. Blower, P.Z. S. I960, p. 316. a. $ ad. sk. Koh Nam Kam, Tale-sap, Nu Pan, 12th April, 1899. b. (S ad. sk. Jering, 19th June, 1899. 3. Semnopithecus obscurus Beid. Semnopithecus obscurus, Beid, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 14; Flower, op. cit. p. 317. a. $ ad. sk. Koh Nam Kam, Tale-sap, 12th April, 1899. 4. Semnopithecus albocinereus Cantor. Semnopithecus albocinereus, Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 174 (1846) (nec Desm.). Semnopithecus mitratus (Eschs.), Flower, op. cit. p. 319. a. $ ad. sk. Ariug, Kelantan, 23rd Aug., 1899. This Monkey, which is of a clear ashy grey on the back, white below, with dark hands, feet, and tail, agrees with the example from Klang referred to by Mr. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1896, p. 72) as being identical with Cantor’s S. albocinereus. which in Dr. An- derson’s opinion, is synonymous with S. siamensis of Miiller and Schlegel. Under the name siamensis Dr. Anderson gives a de- scription of the present species : but on reading Muller’s original description I find siamensis to be a dark-coloured Monkey, and there are several specimens in the British Museum of a dark brown Monkey, rather smaller than the specimen under consideration, which agree fairly with Muller’s description and are labelled siamensis. There is therefore no alternative but to allow Cantor’s name to stand for the present. Cantor’s type was founded on a young specimen, but he remarks that when adult it is hardly to be distinguished from S. obscurus; this remark, however, hardly seems to hold good, the present specimen being fully adult and yet showing no such resemblance. 5. Semnopithecus sp. inc. a. 6 juv. sk. Biserat in Jalor, 26th May, 1899. This specimen is very young and shows no distinctive features by which, with our present knowledge of the group, it could be identified. It shows no sign of a crest and the hair of the head radiates straight back from the facial limit, while the face and cheeks are surrounded by long black hairs. In colour it is of a light golden buff all over, with a tendency to a black tip on the tail. [4]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22406499_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
