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.
IX. THE GUINEA BABOON. PAPIO SPHINX.
Le papion, F. Cuvier, Mamm., vol. i., livr. 6 (♂); livr. 7 (♀), Hist. Nat. (1819).
Papio sphinx, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 103 (1812); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 127 (1876).
Cynocephalus papio, Desmar., Mamm., p. 69 (1820).
Cynocephalus choras, Ogilby, P. Z. S., 1843, p. 12.
Papio rubescens, Temm., Esquisses Zool., p. 39 (1853); Schl., t. c. p. 28.
Cynocephalus sphinx, Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Brit. Mus., p. 35 (1870).
Characters.—Male.—Snout tapering, longer than the upper lip; face, ears, palms and soles of feet naked; whiskers bushy, directed backwards, nearly hiding the quadrangular ears; tail of the form usual in this genus, shorter than the body. Hair on back of the neck longer than on the body; facial ridges present, but not very prominent; hinder part of belly, inside of limbs, and chin, throat, and breast very scantily haired.