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Descriptions of new genera and species of mammals from the Philippine Islands

1905; Smithsonian Institution; Volume: 28; Issue: 1402 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5479/si.00963801.1402.425

2377-6560

Edgar Alexander Mearns,

Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Meyer, in his valuable work on the mammals of the Celebes and Philippine archipelagoes, expressed the opinion that when a sufficient number of specimens of these monkeys shall have been assembled from the various islands of the Philippine group characters may be discovered to separate races or species from certain islands or groups of islands.The U. 8. National Museum has now acquired 21 specimens from five different islands, and a study of this material has convinced me that the constant differences found in specimens from the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, Sulu, and Cagayan Sulu entitle the forms from these islands to be considered as distinct from each other and from the old species, Cynomolgus fascicularis (Macacus cynomolgus of authors).A single immature specimen (Cat.No. 125326, U.S.N.M.) from Basilan Island does not show any characters to separate it from the Macaque of the neighboring island of Mindanao.The forms which I recognize are as follows: CYNOMOLGUS