Brehm's Life of animals - a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia (1896) (20419187821)

Title: Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia
Identifier: brehmslifeofanim1896breh (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Pechuel-Loesche, Edward, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard
Subjects: Mammals; Animal behavior
Publisher: Chicago : Marquis
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS—MACAQUES. S9 gray in the upper part, with a yellowish tinge over the hips and buttocks ; the lower part is white, the tail greenish above, gray below. The face, ears and
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PIG-TAILED MACAQUES. Natives of Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula, and are called Bruh, or "Climbers of Palms," by the natives, on account of their fondness for the fruit of these trees. They are harmless and -easily domesticated. The artist has sketched them with their favorite food, the hand of one of the animals resting of Spain, that the band of comfortably upon it. (Macacus n these Monkeys at Qibral- forehead up and down, puts the snout forward, and presses the lips together in such a way as to form a small and perfectly round hole. The Magot inhab- its mountainous regions, and is as much at home on rocks as on trees. It is said that it feeds on in- sects and worms like the Baboon, and therefore keeps lifting up stones, which occasionally roll down hill and endanger the safety of passers-by. It is also thought to be very fond of Scorpions ; very adroitly twisting off their poisonous tails, and then eating tiie bodies. But it is also satisfied with small- er insects and worms, and the smaller the game the more zealously it is hunted, and the more voraciously it is eaten. The prey is carefully taken up, gazed upon with a satisfied chuckle, and speedily de- voured. The Troop of The Magot Magots at is the only Gibraltar. Monkey that inhabits Europe in a wild state. I was told when I visited the south hands are of a light copper color ; the callosities of .a vivid red. The female lets her tail hang down, while the male curves his laterally and inwardly. The Magot, or The most important of all Macaques in "Barbary a certain respect is the Magot, Barbary APe-" Ape, or Tailless Ape (Macacus syl- vanus, or Inuus ecaudatus) the only Monkey living in the wild state in Europe. As he possesses no tail, he has lately been considered as a representative of a different species, but usually he is known as the Turkish or Barbary Ape. His frame is slight, his limbs slender, his fur and beard thick. The wrin- kled face, the ears, hands and feet are flesh-colored, the callosities bright red and the body is of a red- dish-olive hue. The under surface of the body and the inner sides of the limbs are lighter and grayish. The length of a Magot is about thirty inches. There is no doubt that this Monkey was known to the ancient Greeks under the name of Pithecus. Pliny tells us that it imitated everything, could be taught to play certain games, liked to be petted, and propagated in captivity, etc. The Magot is a native of northwestern Africa. It would appear that the animal lives gregariously, in large troops, following the leadership of old, ex- perienced males. It is very clever, cunning and scheming, agile and strong, and, in case of emer- gency, defends itself excellently with its splendid set of teeth. When the creature is excited it dis- torts its face more than any other Monkey, moving the lips in all directions and chattering with the teeth. When it is frightened it utters a short, loud scream. Desire and delight, horror and anger, are only shown by grimaces and chattering of teeth. When it is anerry, it moves the wrinkled skin on the tar was rather numerous, but did not often show itself. One could see the animals looking for in-