[Illustration: DE BRAZZA'S GUENON.]
{81}XXXVIII. THE PALATINE GUENON. CERCOPITHECUS PALATINUS.
_Le Roloway_ ou _la Palatine_, Buff., Hist. Nat. Suppl., xv., p. 77
(1789).
_Cercopithecus roloway_, Erxleb., Syst. Régn. An., p. 42 (1777); Geoffr.,
Dict. Hist. Nat., iii., p. 304 (1849); Fisch., Synop. Mamm., p. 20
(1829).
_Cercopithecus palatinus_, Wagner, in Schreb. Säugeth. Suppl., v., p. 47
(1855); Scl., P. Z. S., 1893, p. 257.
_Cercopithecus diana_, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 22 (1870; pt.);
Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 92 (1876; pt.).
CHARACTERS.--Very similar to _C. diana_, but differs in having the back
very dark brown, nearly black, instead of chestnut; the head, flanks,
thighs, limbs dark grey; where the belly in _C. diana_ is black, in _C.
palatinus_ it is white.
DISTRIBUTION.--Gold Coast.