124 ELEMENTS OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



which they sit. Some have long tails, others no tails at 

 all. The macaques and mangabeys are allied Asiatic forms. 

 In the anthropoid apes tail, cheek pouches, and callous 

 spots are lacking; as the name indicates, they are man- 

 like. There are three of these. The orang-utan (the 

 name is Malay for Man of the Woods) lives in Borneo and 

 Sumatra. The chimpanzee and the gorilla are African. 



FIG. 53 Chimpanzee (Troglodytes niger) . After Brehm. 



Each of these has certain points in which it is more like 

 man than are the others. 



The highest mammal is man, who differs from the other 

 primates less in structure than in intelligence. 



