This week’s mystery object may be a bit harder than usual, but I’m sure that someone will get what it is:
As usual, you can put your questions, comments and suggestions below and I’ll respond as best I can – hopefully better than I managed last week, when I was in Ireland without ready access to the internet…
Good luck!
I’m going to go with Spider Monkey or Capuchin?
Sorry – you’re a world away!
ahhh a clue! In that case I also go with Langur.
Douc Langur ?
That’s my first guess too.
Good try, but not a Douc Langur
Something dosen’t quite look right for it to be a Douc Langur (nasal cavity too high), so I’m going with snub-nosed monkey.
You’re right about it not being a Douc Langur, but it’s not a snub-nosed monkey either
It’s weird that the canines are so small… Could it be a juvenile? The sutures seem too worn and the teeth too dirty!
I’m going to go with a very vegetarian Cercopithecus sp. (I’m cheating a bit, you gave away that it’s an Old World monkey!) that doesn’t use its teeth for social display.
Don’t the females have shorter canines?
Was about to add that too! 🙂
Maybe it’s a girl.
Females do indeed have smaller canines, but so do immature animals – take a good look at the lateral view, notice anything that might indicate a sub-adult?
Is the lack of a brow ridge an immature feature?
Is it that the third molar has not come through completely?
Yep, the partially emerged third molar is a dead give-away that this individual isn’t a fully mature adult.
Lack of a brow ridge may also hint at an immature specimen.
she’s got a nice smile, though slightly languorious
Perhaps a little, but not explicitly so…
OK, another guess: immature ververt.
Immature yes, Vervet no.
Poor Frodo
It is rather Hobbit-esque!