Volume 1

Catalogue of mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

  • Indian Museum
Date:
1881-
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cercopithecus faunus, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 10. Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Cray, Cat. Monkeys $p Lemurs, B. M., 1870, р. 25. 1lab. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, banks of the Zambesi and Batoka, and Mozambique. 28a. A stuffed adult male, No. 23A of BlytVs Catalogue. Presented by Raja Rajendra Mullick, Bahadur, 1857. b. A stuffed adult male, considerably darker and without the yellowish tint on the back and sides, but in other respects resembling this species. Purchased, 1865. с. The skin, skull, and bones of the trunk of an adolescent male : resembling 31a, and like the last specimen, but with a blue scrotum. Presented by Wm. Rutledge, Esq., 18th November 1876. d. The skin of an adult male, and its skull: resembling the last specimen. This animal lived for some years in the Zoological Gardens, and bred with its female, the face of the young animal being white. Presented by the Zoological Gardens, 29th May 1880. e. A stuffed adolescent male. Purchased, 28th July 1869. 29. Cercopithecus sabseus. Le grivet, F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. des Mammif., t. i, livr. vii, Juin 1819. Simia sabaea, Linn., Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 38, No. 18, non Syn. Fdwards (nec Cereop. sabaeus, auet. recent.) Cercopithecus sabseus, Is. Geoff. St.-Hid., Compt. Rend, de l'Acad, de Sc. 1850, p. 874; Cat. Method, des Mammif. 1851, p. 22. Cercopithecus griseoviridis, Desm., Mamm. 1822, p. 61. Cercopithecus engythithea, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, р. 10. Chlorocebus engythithea, Gray, Cat. Monkeys fy Lemurs, B. 31., 1870, p. 26. Hab. Abyssinia. 29a. A stuffed adult male and its skull, No. 22A of Blyth’s Catalogue. Presented by C. C. Egerton, Esq., 1836. b. A young female, stuffed, No. 22B of Blyth's Catalogue. Cape de Verde Islands. Purchased, 1817. с. An adolescent male, partially stuffed, in bad condition; rather grey, but broadly punctulated with yellow. No. 24 A of Blyth’s Catalogue. Abyssinia. Presented by Dv. E. Ruppell, 1856.
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