CHAPTER V.

THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS--SEMNOPITHECUS--COLOBUS.

General Characteristics of the Monkeys of the Old World--Distinguished from the Apes by Length of the Hinder Limbs and presence of Tails--Divided into those with and those without Cheek-pouches--Use of the Cheek-pouches--The two Genera of Pouchless Monkeys--THE SACRED MONKEYS, or Semnopitheci--Derivation of the Name--First Discovery--Ape Worship in India--General Description--Limited to Asia--THE SIMPAI--Its Locality and Appearance--THE BUDENG--Hunted for their Fur--Its Colour and Appearance--THE LONG-NOSED MONKEY--Reason of the Name--Quaint Appearance of the Young--Anatomical Peculiarities--Their First Appearance in Europe--Description of the Nose--Peculiar Formation of the Stomach--Bezoars--THE HOONUMAN MONKEY--The Sacred Monkey of the Hindoos--Legends about it--THE DOUC MONKEY--Its Appearance and Habitat--THE BLACK-LEGGED DOUC--Anatomical Peculiarities--THE CROWNED MONKEY--THE RED MONKEY--THE SUMATRA MONKEY--THE WHITE-BEARDED MONKEY--Found in Ceylon--Its Intelligence--THE GREAT WANDEROO--Other Ceylonese Monkeys--THE GENUS COLOBUS, or Thumbless Monkeys--Description of the Hand and Wrist--Different Varieties--COLOBUS VERUS--COLOBUS GUEREZA--Their Habitat and Peculiarities--Fossil Semnopitheci 84