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The common monkey, Macacus cynomolgus, which is found in all the
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Troops of monkeys (Macacus cynoraolgus) may often be seen occupying a tree, showering down the fruit in great profusion, chattering when disturbed and making an enormous rustling as they scamper off among the dead palm leaves; while the pigeons have a loud booming voice more like the roar of a wild beast than the note of a bird.
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They are the common bare-lipped monkey (Macacus cynomolgus), which is found all over the western islands of the Archipelago, and may have been introduced by natives, who often carry it about captive.
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After I had had the little Mias about three weeks, I fortunately obtained a young hare-lip monkey (Macacus cynomolgus), which, though small, was very active, and could feed itself.
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On the banks were an abundance of monkeys — the common Macacus cynomolgus, a black Semnopithecus, and the extraordinary long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus), which is as large as a three-year old child, has a very long tail, and a fleshy nose longer than that of the biggest-nosed man.
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This monkey, _Macacus inuus_, is light yellowish-brown above and yellowish-white below, with the naked part of the face flesh-coloured.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Some there are with a frontal hairy down extending to within an inch of the eyes, possibly a reversion to a progenitor (the _Macacus radiata_) in whom the forehead had not become quite naked, leaving the limit between the scalp and the forehead undefined.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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"Menstruation and Ovulation of _Macacus rhesus_," _Philosophical
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Havelock Ellis 1899
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_Macacus rhesus_, in Simla, copulates in October, and adds that in the very different climate of the plains it appears to copulate in May.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Havelock Ellis 1899
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Sutton has often observed the face of the Macacus rhesus, when much enraged, growing red.
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