VIII. THE EAST AFRICAN BABOON. PAPIO IBEANUS.

_Papio thoth ibeanus_, Oldfield Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., xi., p.

46 (1893).

DISTRIBUTION.--Lamu, East Africa.

Mr. Oldfield Thomas has described this sub-species, which has remarkably

coarse and shaggy fur all over the body, longer than in the typical form,

and of a blackish and dull tawny white, without any of its brighter yellow;

the hairs on the crown of the head broadly ringed with black; the chin and

throat whitish; hairs of the chest ringed with black and white; the belly

black and dull fawn; the inner side of the fore-limbs like the chest, and

of the hind-limbs clearer and less ringed fawn-colour. Length of the body,

33½ inches; of the tail 24 inches.

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