CHAPTER III 



Physical Traits 



Inasmuch as the subjects of this study cannot be satis- 

 factorily described by special designation, it is evidently 

 desirable to offer brief description of their physical charac- 

 teristics. This will be attempted for each in turn. 



Chim is said by all of the authorities who have seen him 

 to be either a sport or a representative of a type of chim- 

 panzee rarely seen in this country. I infer from available 

 information that he belongs to Pan schweinfurthi marungensis. 

 He is covered with a thick coat of rather fine black hair. 

 A few white hairs appear about his Hps. The hair is 

 abundant on the head, covering the orbital ridges, and as 

 whiskers along the sides of the face and jaws. His ears 

 carry also a fringe of black hair. The hair on the head is 

 directed backward with no sign of part. At the base of the 

 spine there is a spot which is practically devoid of hair. 

 Below this is a short anal tuft of black hair. The hair on 

 the Hmbs is abundant and characteristically directed. 



His head is round, the face short and abrupt, the hands, 

 feet and limbs proportionately large and extraordinarily well 

 developed, the skin black or very dark brown, the eyes incon- 

 spicuous because almost the color of the skin and therefore 

 lacking in expressiveness. They are rather beady, and al- 

 though indicating keenness and alertness have almost no 

 value as indicators of emotion ! His nose is unusually prom- 

 inent for a chimpanzee and suggests that of the gorilla. The 

 ears are small and set close to the head. 



Chim 's teeth when I received him were almost black. Mr. 



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