"Dog-headed ape" (CYNOCEPHALUS) is the baboon, known in the ancient world as a symbol of the barbarian hordes and the wild lands. St. Christopher, defender of the Faith, was a baboon who was converted to Christianity.
No, I'm not making this up. Look it up yourself if you doubt it.
Anyway, there's a whole book on the motif of the dog in Eurasian myth, from Asia to India to Europe, called MYTHS OF THE DOG-MEN. Anyone wants the cite I can pass it on (right now in the wrong place to do so).
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