SIMIA SAT^RLS. THE ORANC-OITANG 



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"TIk' animal has a wick- distribution, inhabiting many districts along 

 tlu' coast of the island w htrt' it appears ehielly eonhned to the low swampy 

 forests. It partleiilaiK aileets a eountr\- which is low and lc\i'l with a few 



Courtesy, New York Zoological Garden 



FIG. 218. ORANG-OUTANG, SHOWING CERTAIN ANTHROPOMORPHOUS 

 TENDENCIES I.N THE HEAD AND FACE. 



isolated nioiintains on some of which tlu' Dyaks have settled and planted 

 many i'ruit trees w hieh are a great attraction to the orang as its most desir- 

 able food seems to be the unripe fruit. The actual habitat of the animal is in 

 the loftx \ irgin forest in w hich they can roam in every direction w ith as much 

 facilit\ as the Indian on the prairie, passing from treetop to treetop w ithout 

 being obliged to descend to the earth. The orang makes his way leisurely 

 through the forest with remarkable ease. He walks deliberately along the 

 larger branches in a semi-erect attitude which his great length of arm and the 



