A Hand Book Of The Management Of Animals In Captivity In Lower Bengal

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... up possession of a stick or an umbrella which it might have snatched from a visitor. The adult females are at times too unsightly for exhibition. The males are apt to take passionate notice of female visitors. (37) THE CHAGMA BABOON. (CYNOCEPHALUS PORCARIUS--(Bodd.)) Description.--This monkey is almost as large as nn Abyssinian baboon, which it resembles in general appearance. The distinctive features of a Chacma are its longer muzzle, darker colour, and absenoe of tuft to the tail. The colour of its body is uniformly dark brown, nearly black in some individuals, mixed with a shade of light yellow. In younger specimens the muzzle is not much produoed. Sab.--West and South Africa. Length Of Life In Captivity. No monkey of this species has as yet lived in the garden longer than four years. Treatment In Health. With respect to housing, feeding and transport, it should be treated in the same way as an Abyssinian baboon. Treatment In Sickness. The specimen that lived for four years died very suddenly one morning, and the cause of death was never ascertained, so that nothing can be said with regard to the diseases from which these animals suffer in captivity. Observations On The Habits Of A Chacma Baboon. The Chacma is as intelligent and clever as the Hamadryad monkey. Though it is generally playful and sociable, its temper is not to be trusted. The Chacma kept in this garden once showed great cleverness in breaking a portion of its cage with the help of an iron scraper which it managed to obtain. It exhibited a singular habit of never touching a plantain unless given with the peel on. (38) THE MANDRILL. (CYNOCEPHALUS MORMON--(Linn.) ) Description.--A full-grown mandrill measures about 4 feet 6 inches when standing upright. It resembles the...

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