Rhesus Monkey, or BOONDER (Macacus rhesus), a widely distributed and common Indian monkey. Like the Entellus (q.v.) or Hanumân, it is in part migratory, visiting the Himalayas in summer, and sometimes found at a level of 8000 feet. The body is stout, the limbs are strong, the skin hangs in loose folds about the neck, breast, and abdomen. The hair is grayish or brownish on the back and lighter beneath; the naked parts are copper-coloured; the large ischial callosities are bright red. It is a very intelligent and mischievous monkey, and readily tamed when young. It is held in almost as great veneration by the natives of India as the Hanumân itself; and the killing of one of these animals is apt to arouse the greatest popular indignation. The monkeys live in troops in the forests, chiefly in hilly districts, and visit the cultivated grounds to carry away grain and other produce, which they store up for themselves among rocks. The native farmers leave a share for the monkeys, believing this to be necessary to avert their anger, as otherwise they would next year destroy the whole crop whilst green.