_Macacus speciosus_, F. Cuv., Mammif., pl. 46 (1825); Murie, P. Z. S.,
1872, p. 780; Sclater, P. Z. S., 1875, p. 418, pl. xlvii.; Schl., Mus.
Pays-Bas, vii., p. 114 (1876.)
_Inuus speciosus_ (nec. F. Cuv.), Temm., Faun. Jap. Zool. Mamm., p. 9,
pl. i., figs. 1 to 8; pl. ii., figs. 1 to 6 (1847); Gray, Cat. Monkeys
Brit. Mus., p. 32 (1870).
_Macacus fuscatus_, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xliv., extra no., p. 6 (1875);
Sclater, P. Z. S., 1876, p. 332; Anderson, Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 78
(1878; with full synonymy).
CHARACTERS.--Face nude, prolonged forwards; muzzle prominent; superciliary
ridges overhanging the eyes; eyebrows meeting in the mid-line; a bar over
the eyes across the forehead bald, except for a few very short hairs; fur
in general, long, soft, silky, and thick; short hairs forming a sort of
whisker on the cheeks, continuous with the hair on the head and the
moderately long beard; abdomen, chest, and inner surface of limbs thinly
haired; ears large and, except on the margins, covered with long silky
hairs; tail short, equally clad with long hairs, and with a terminal tuft,
varying from 2-3 inches in length. Length of body, 24 inches. Face in life
intensely red, with a purplish hue; nose and lower lip washed with brown;
callosities and naked parts of the scrotal region purplish-red; sparse
hairs of the face dark brown; general colour of fur dark brown, or
yellowish-brown, or olive, darkest along {14}the middle of the back, the
hairs being ringed with yellow and brown, or black and brown; sides of
head, breast, under surface of body, under sides of limbs, and under side
of tail greyish; beard yellowish-brown.
The hair is not annulated in the young animal.
DISTRIBUTION.--Japan. Common on the hills at Kioto, according to Mr. Gower,
who was H.B.M. Consul at Hiogo in 1875. Dr. J. Rein records that it is
found all over the island of Nippon up to 41° N. latitude, and has
consequently a further northern habitat than any other existing Monkey.
HABITS.--Nothing is known of the habits of the Japanese Macaque; but they
are in all probability similar to those of its Indian relatives.