Fossil Jaw of a gigantic Quadrumanous Animal. 35 



side, which does not appear to have place in any of those de- 

 lineated. The incisors are absent, but the intermaxillary is 

 ■clearly distinguishable. 



Were it not for the size of the canine and the fifth molar, 

 the specimen presents some resemblance to the genus Macacus, 

 given as the type of the genera Macacus and Cynocephalus ,• 

 the smallness of the canine and the large size of the molars 

 cause the fossil to approach more nearly to the Semnopithecus 



Fig, I. nat. dim. 



b a 



than to the Macacus ; the difference is, however, great be- 

 tween the two, for the [5.] Entellus is said to attain the length of 

 three and a half feet, whereas the length of the fossil animal, if 



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