RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. Draft of Descent, vol. 2. CUL-DAR59.1.16r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).


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Mammalia colour

other species of the same genus (Lastly in the Baboon family the hair of the adult male young male & females of Cynocephalus hamadryas are is of a paler tint than in the adult male wh which who is furnished with an inner mantle of long hairs, differs a little in the colour of their hair & of the naked callosities from the female.

In the Drill (Mandrilla leucophœus) the pair of young & the adult females are is are much paler-coloured with less green tints being well marked only on the limbs & head, than in the adult males. who also have a more elongated head. The huge mandrill (Mandrilla mormon) [text obscured] coloured in a more remarkable manner than [text obscured] hairs on the body is

[Descent 2: 291-2: "Lastly, in the Baboon family, the adult male of Cynocephalus hamadryas differs from the female not only by his immense mane, but slightly in the colour of the hair and of the naked callosities. In the drill (Cynocephalus leucophœus) the females and young are much paler-coloured, with less green, than the adult males. No other member of the whole class of mammals is coloured in so extraordinary a manner as the adult male mandrill (Cynocephalus mormon)."]


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