MAN AND APES. 13 



The Simiadce are again subdivided into 

 three smaller groups or sub-families : — 1 . The 

 Simiince 2. Semnopithecince ; and 3. Cyno- 

 pithecince. The first of these sub-families con- 

 tains the Gorilla, the Chimpanzee, the Orang, 

 and the Gibbons — or long-armed apes. These 

 creatures are the apes which, on the whole, 

 are most like man. They are often there- 

 fore emphatically spoken of as the " anthro- 

 poid apes," and they are also (on account of 

 the bony structure of their chest) termed 

 the " latisternal " or " broad-breastboned ' 

 apes. 



The Gorilla and the Chimpanzee together 

 constitute the genus Troglodytes. They are 

 both inhabitants of the warmest parts of 

 Western Africa. The Gorilla is much the 

 larger and more bulky animal of the two ; but 

 both kinds are vegetarians as to diet, and 

 arboreal in habit. That the Gorilla in external 

 appearance is not pre-eminently man-like may 

 be seen by the Frontispiece herewith given ; 

 and a single visit to the British Museum 



