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| Keywords: Brehm's Life of animals (Page 27) (6902381630).jpg THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS � SLENDER OR SACRED <br> 27 <br> balconies are strewn from time to time with rice <br> millet dates fruits and sugar-cane � all for the <br> Monkeys These latter are so bold that they not <br> only pillage the gardens but sometimes enter the <br> houses at meal-time and take the food out of peo- <br> ple's hands A missionary declared that only by <br> constant watchfulness was he able to protect his <br> clothing and other belongings from these thieves <br> It is verv probable that the sacred character <br> The Budeng or This group has yet other remarkable <br> Negro Monkey members The Budeng or Negro <br> of Java Monkey of the Javanese Semno- <br> pitheais mcturus is a beautiful animal In mature <br> age he is black and glossy his face and hands being <br> like velvet his back like silk The head is covered <br> by a peculiar cap of hair falling on the forehead and <br> encircling the cheeks New-born Monkeys of this <br> are of a cream color and only the ends of <br> HOONUMAN MONKEYS The mc <br> sacred of all the sacred Monkeys of Ind <br> Here are portrayed a troop of Hoonumans <br> their arboreal home in the hot lowlands of the <br> Upper Ganges The full-grown H <br> from three to four feet in length with a tail <br> still longer than the body It is a handsome <br> creature the fur being cream-colored except <br> parts of the head and the extremities of the <br> Monkeys is connected in some way with the belief in <br> the transmigration of souls It seems that the Hin- <br> doos think that after death their souls as well as <br> that of their king enter the body of some Monkey <br> Notwithstanding their impudence these animals are <br> attractive and handsome creatures The missionary <br> John says that he never saw more beautiful Monk- <br> eys than the Hoonumans Their friendliness towards <br> each other and their enormous leaps attract the atten- <br> tion of every observer <br> limbs which are black while the bare portions <br> are of a deep violet hue It is protected on <br> account of its supposed sanctity for the na- <br> tives dare not molest it It is one of the great- <br> est thieves in the world robbing shops houses <br> and fields and standing in no dread of Man <br> whom it seems to regard as a sort of servant <br> to provide for its greedy wants Semnopithe- <br> cits eniellus <br> the hairs on the lower part of the back the upper <br> part of the tail and its tuft take a darker tinge <br> Soon the dark color begins to spread and in a few <br> months the hands the head and the tuft of the tail <br> are black and then the whole coat gradually as- <br> sumes the color of mature age The length of this <br> handsome creature is about five feet the tail coming <br> in for more than half of this measurement <br> The Budeng says Horsfield is found in con- <br> siderable numbers in the extensive forests of Java 9885396 37942 9357 Page 27 Text 1 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/9885396 1895 10 5962/bhl title 9357 Brehm Alfred Edmund; Haacke Wilhelm; Pechuël-Loesche Eduard; Schmidtlein Richard Biodiversity Heritage Library Nature's Best Collection 2011 Brehm's Life of animals Volume 1 Mammalia Encyclopedia of Life Images Animal behavior Mammals American Museum of Natural History Library bhl page 9885396 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/9885396 monkey Hanuman Langur taxonomy binomial Semnopithecus entellus Northern Plains Grey Langur american museum of natural history library hanuman langur taxonomy binomial semnopithecus entellus northern plains grey langur Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2012-04-05 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6902381630 2015-09-14 06 53 57 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 1895 books Brehm's Life of animals Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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