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Rh period of gestation is about seven months, only a single young one, as a rule, beiug produced at a birth. They become adult at the age of 4 or 5 years, but breed earlier.

 


 * Simia rhesus, Audebert, Hist. Nat. Singes, 2e fam. p. 5, pl. i (1797).
 * Simla erythræa, Schreber, teste Shaw, Gen. Zool. i, p. 33 (1800).
 * Macacus (Pithex) oinops, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. 1840, ix, p. 1212.
 * Inuus rhesus, Blyth, Cat. p. 8; Jerdon, Mam. p. 11.
 * Macacus rhesus, Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 55; id. Cat. p. 67.

Bandar, H.; Markat, Beng.; Wándar, Puriz, Púnj, or Ponj, Kashmir; Gye, Ho Kol.

Fur of moderate length (rather long in Himalayan specimens) and straight, not wavy or woolly. Hair of crown not radiating from centre. Tail two fifths to one half the length of the head and body, tapering, not tufted at the end. Caudal vertebræ usually 17 or 18. Ears naked. Buttocks naked for some distance around the callosities.

Colour. General colour hair-brown with a greyish tinge, the hinder quarters being generally rufous or yellowish, especially in adults. The hair is ashy towards the base, and more or less annulated and tipped with light brown throughout the upper parts, giving a minutely speckled appearance. Lower parts scarcely paler.