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Chapter XVII: Germain's Langur. Semnopithecus Germaini

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_Semnopithecus germaini_, Milne-Edwards, Bull. Soc. Philom., Séance, 12,
Feb., 1876; Anderson, Zool. Res. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 27 (1878); Schl.,
Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 34 (1876).

{125}CHARACTERS.--Body blackish, washed with pale silvery-grey; hands and feet black. Supra-orbital hairs, projecting outwards and backwards, black; whiskers, long and grey; hairs of flanks, long and grey; tail, grey; under surface, grey.

YOUNG.--"Bright orange-yellow; top of head, fore-arm, and feet, blackish." (_Anderson._)

DISTRIBUTION.--Cochin-China, where it was discovered by M. Germain.

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