Mammalian hybrids : a check-list with bibliography / by Annie P. Gray.

  • Gray, Annie P.
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[1954]
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    4 GERCOPITHECIDAE Macaca irus (contd.) X Macaca mulatta Zimmermann [Rhesus Macaque] Reciprocal crosses are possible. The hybrids are said to be fertile in both sexes. (J crab-eating macaque x $ rhesus macaque. One of the hybrids reported showed precocious development. Two died 3-4 days after birth. The Fj hybrids are greyish in colour, tending to brown. In early youth they have the characteristic hair tuft of the crab-eating macaque, but this disappears during the first year. Year-old hybrids resemble the crab-eating macaque in conformation but are slimmer. They have a wrinkled face, a shortish snout, and a small tail. A ? hybrid at Hanover Zoo gave birth to a hybrid sired by her father. The young backcross died when a few days old. Yerkes gives an account of a $ hybrid which twice gave birth to a stillborn young. Flower, S. S. 1929a; Knottnerus-Meyer, T. 1904; Montagu, M. F. A. 1950; Niemayer, W. 1868; Pocock, R. I. 1906; Przibram, H. 1910; Rörig, A. 1903; Yerkes, R. M. 1915; Zuckerman, S. 1931, 1933- X Macaca nemestrina Linnaeus [Pig-tailed Macaque] Reciprocal crosses are possible. (J crab-eating macaque x $ pig-tailed macaque. One cj hybrid is reported to have lived for over 3J years. Flower, S. S. 1929a; Gentry, T. G. 1872; Montagu, M. F. A. 1950; Pocock, R. I. 1906; Zuckerman, S. 1931, 1933. X Macaca radiata E. Geoffroy [Bonnet Monkey] (J bonnet monkey x ? crab-eating macaque. A ? hybrid was born almost completely covered with hair and with its eyes open. It was a fairly dark olive brown on the dorsal surface, especially in the middle of the back and on the head. The under surface was greyish- white and sparsely haired. The face was a reddish flesh colour. The hands were blackish. The crown hair was similar to that of the father. Fitzinger, L.J. 1864; Przibram, H. 1910 (quoting Fitzinger) ; Rörig, A. 1903; Zuckerman, S. 1933 (quoting Fitzinger and Rörig). X Mandrillus leucophaeus F. Cuvier [Drill] (J crab-eating macaque x ? drill. A possibly immature hybrid born at Hanover Zoo died soon after birth. Knottnerus-Meyer, T. 1904; Zuckerman, S. 1933 (quoting Knott¬ nerus-Meyer) . X Mandrillus sphinx Linnaeus [Mandrill] S crab-eating macaque x ? mandrill. Two hybrids are reported. One (known to have lived) had a short tail. Flower, S. S. 1929a; Sclater, P. L. 1878; Zuckerman, S. 1931, 1933 (quoting Sclater). xPapio cynocephalus Linnaeus [Yellow Baboon] Two [Ppresumed] hybrids are reported. Ackermann, К. 1898; Przibram, H. 1910 (quoting Schoepff); Schoepff, A. 1871; Zuckerman, S. 1933.