SYMPHALANGU S 177 



Symphalangus SYNDACTYLus (Desmarest) . 



Pithecus syndactylus Desm., Mamni., 1820, p. 531 ; Less., Man. 



Mamm., 1849, p. 30. 

 Hylobates syndactylus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., var., 1821, pi. 



IV ; Id. Diet. Scien. Nat., XXXVI, 1825, p. 287 ; Griff., Anim. 



Kingd., V, 1827, p. 6; E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 



1828, p. 34, 7me Legon; F. Cuv., Regn. Anim., I, 1829, p. 90; 



I. Geoff., Belang., Voy., Zool., 1834, p. 30; Bennett, Wander. 



N. S. Wales, II, 1834, p. 151 ; Miill., Tijdsch. Natuur. Gesch. 



Phys., II, 1835, p. 324; Schleg., Essai Phys. Serp., Pt. Gen., 



1837, p. 236; Waterh., Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc. Lend., 



1838, p. 4; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 69; 

 V, 1855, p. 15; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 30; Sandif., 

 Verhand. Natur. Geschied. Nederl., 1840; I. Geoff., Archiv. 

 Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1841, p. 535; Id. Compt. Rend., 

 XV, 1842, p. 717; Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1840, p. 420, pi.; 

 Miill. und Schleg., Verhandl., 1839-44, pp. 15, 31, 33, pi. II, 

 figs. 3-5, pi. VII, figs. 1-3 ; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., 

 XIII, 1844, pp. 463, 474; XLIV, 1875, ext. no. p. 3; Schinz, 

 Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 28; Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 

 1854, p. 51, fig.; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., 

 fasc. I, 1856, p. 71 ; Flower, Nat. Hist. Review, 1863, p. 279, 

 pi. ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 22 ; Anders., 

 Zool. Res. Exped. Yunnan, 1878, p. 10; Id. Cat. Mamm. Ind. 

 Mus. Calc, 1884, p. 24; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 

 166, pi. XXVI ; Beddard, Proc. Zool. Soc.Lond., 1900. p. 1871 ; 

 Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 

 1906, p. 576, Zool. Ser. 



Simia syndactylus ( !) Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, 

 1822, p. 241; Horsf., Zool. Res., 1824, pi.; Fisch., Syn. 

 Mamm., 1829, p. 11. 



Siamanga syndactyla Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 1 ; 

 Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 

 1870, p. 9; Horsf., Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. Ind. Co., 1851, p. 1 ; 

 Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., 1856, p. 71 ; Rei- 

 chenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 165, figs. 419, 420. 



SI.4MANG GIBBON. 



Type locality. Island of Sumatra. 



Geogr. Distr. Malay Peninsula? (Wallace) ; Tenasserim? (Hei- 

 fer) ; Sumatra. 



Genl. Char. Size large; laryngeal pouch large; bare patch on 



