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
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THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS—MANDRILL AND DRILL. 49 The Mandrill, With the right that we call the Gue- Ugliest of the reza the most beautiful of Monkeys, Monkey Tribe. we may aiso call the Mandrill ( Cyno- ccplndus mormon) the ugliest. In mature age he is a hideous beast in every respect, and his moral nature completely harmonizes with his physical characteristics. The body is very strong, bordering on clumsiness, the head is horrid, the teeth are for- midable, the fur is rough, the color of the hairless spots vivid and repulsive. Every hair is black and olive green, giving the fur on the upper part of the body the appearance of a dark brown tinge, washed over with green; on the breast the hair is yellowish, lower down whitish, on the sides light brown ; the beard is of a lemon yellow ; the hands and cars are They are said to live in troops in the mountain for- ests, partly on rocks, partly in trees, and to often visit and devastate adjoining fields of grain. They are also said to enter the villages in the absence of the Men, and ill-treat the Women and Children. The natives fear the Mandrill more than the Lion, never enter into a fight with him, and shun the woods where this Monkey lives, except when a large and well-armed number of them engage in a regular crusade against him. Fierceness and A young Mandrill is a lovely Ill-nature of the little creature; in the common Mandrill. Monkey cage he is the comedian, always ready for merry pranks, always in good humor, and in spite of his unlimited impudence by
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RED HOWLERS. Like the other members of this numerous family these Monkeys possess extraordinary voices, the great traveler Waterton saying of them. " Nothing can sound more dreadful than their nocturnal noises. You would suppose that one-half the wild beasts of the forest were collecting for a work of carnage. This animal inhabits the tallest trees. The artist has faithfully portrayed these interesting creatures in the very act of sending forth their discordant yells, in which they excel the noisiest of the Gibbons. The Red Howler, like its Black cousin, is rather sluggish for a Monkey. See page 52. (nfyce/es senieulus ) black, the nose and the immediate surroundings ver- milion, the swellings on both its sides a bright blue, while the furrows in them are black. The callosities are blue and red. The usual height attained by males is a little over three feet. The Drill, Similar to His cousin, the Drill (Cynoccplid- but Smaller than lus leucophacus), is a trifle smaller, the Mandrill. his fur is brown above, whitish below, the beard dull white, the face black, the hands and feet are a copper brown. It is astonishing that we do not know anything about the life in the wild state of these two Monk- eys, specimens of which have so often been cap- tured. Both species arc natives of Upper Guinea. no means repulsive. But all this changes very early, much earlier than with the other Baboons, and in a very few years the Mandrill reveals all the repul- siveness of his hideous nature. An English author says that the anger of other Monkeys compared to the rage of the Mandrills is but as a zephyr to a tor- nado carrying everything before it. His passions know no bounds. He rushes at his enemy, like one possessed, his eyes reflecting a demoniacal rage. One thought has hold of his brain : to tear his oppo- nent to pieces, and he heeds neither whip nor knife. His mode of attack strikes one not as courageous, but as insane. No animal is more dangerous to a keeper than an angry Mandrill. Lions and. Tigers

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