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Chapter XXX: Moloney's Guenon. Cercopithecus Moloneyi

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_Cercopithecus moloneyi_, Sclater, P. Z. S., 1893, p. 252, pl. xvii.

CHARACTERS.--Related to _C. samango_, but larger; hairs long above, olivaceous, speckled with black; head darker; a broad band covering the middle and lower back, and the base of the upper side of the tail rufous--the hairs ringed with black; arms, externally from the shoulders down to the hands, and internally on the lower part of the fore-arm, black; outer aspect of the thighs and legs blackish-grey, washed posteriorly with yellowish; tail, except at the very tip, deep black; the face, lips, {75}and ears naked, and black; a fulvous band across the forehead above the eyes; sides of the head fulvous, speckled with black; throat, creamy yellow; under side of body pale fulvous, the hairs ringed with black; the inside of the arms, thighs, and upper part of the legs greyish fulvous; feet black. Length of body, 28 inches; of tail, 26 inches.

DISTRIBUTION.--British Central Africa. Procured from the natives of N-Konde, and brought from Karonga, at the north end of Lake Nyasa, by Dr. Moloney.

HABITS.--Unknown.

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A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)Chapter XXX: Moloney's Guenon. Cercopithecus Moloneyi

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