8 3IMIA.D.E. 



Owen, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 29, f. 12 ! Traits. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 381 ! Gorilla 

 gina, I. Geoff. Arch, dti Mus. viii. t. 2, 8, 4. Satyrus adrotes, 

 Meyen, Wieym. Arch. 185G, p. 182. 



Ilab. Gaboon, Bowdich, 1819. 



3. SIMIA. 



Tho arrns reaching to tho anklos ; feet long, narrow ; fingers and 

 toes short ; claws channelled ; ears small ; head moderate ; cheeks 

 and face elongate ; throat dilatile. Tho cheeks of the adult male 

 arc much enlarged and very callous. The great toe not extending 

 to tho end of tho metacarpal bone ; often destitute of the claw- 

 bearing joint. Buttocks hairy. Brain-case moderate. Hub. Asiatic 

 islands. 



Pongo, Lacep. 1798; Kuhl. Pithecus, Geoff. 1812; Leach, 1819; 

 Cuvier, 1829. Satyrus, Oyilby, 1838 ; Lesson. Bracliiopithecus, 

 lilainv. 



Simia satyrus. The Orang-outang. B. M. 



Bright red-brown. 



Jocko, liuffon, Supp. vii. p. 2. Simia satyrus, Linn. S. N. vol. i. p. 34, 

 17GG ; Cuvier ;"Geoffroy. Simia agrias, Schreb. pi. 2. f. ii. n et ii. c, 

 1775. Simia rums, Lesso?i, Sjwc. Mamm. p. 40. Pithecus satyrus, 

 Leach, Journ. Phys. 1819 ; Desm. Mamm. p. 50. Satyrus lnielrias, 

 Meyen, Wieym. Arch. 185G, p. 281. 



Ilab. Sumatra. 



See also 



a. Pithecus bicolor, Is. Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xi. t., 1843. Red- 



brown ; sides, armpits, inner part of the thighs, and round 

 the mouth pale whitish-yellow ; orbits subquadrangular. 

 Ilab. Sumatra. Mus. Paris. 



b. Grote Bornevosche — Ourang-outang of "Wurmb, Pongo Paj>cs 



Wunnbii, JjHtrciUc; Pongo de Borneo, Blainv. = Simia wurmbii, 

 Fischer. Fur brown ; male with large tubercles on cheeks ; 

 from Borneo. Is perhaps only an adult. 



c. Orang from Sumatra, Chirk Abel, Asiatic Researches, xv.= 



Pongo Abelii, Less. ; Simia Abelii, Fischer. 



d. Orang de Wallich — S. Wallichii, Blninville, Jotim. de Phys. 



1818. From a large half-adult skull sent by Dr. Wallich to 

 Paris, which, according to Is. Ceoffroy, differs from that of 

 S. satyrus, and is more like (hat of S. Wurmbii. 



e. Simia morio, Owen, P. Z. S. 183G, p. 92 ; Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 



p. 1G8. From a skull from Borneo with a peculiar dentition ; 

 perhaps an accidental variety. Dr. Cantor observes that the 

 physiognomy and colour of the face exhibit a marked dif- 

 ference in living individuals from Sumatra and Borneo. — 

 Cat. Mamm. Malacca. 



f. Simia giganteus, Pearson ,Journ.Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, p. GGO. 



g. Pithecus Otvenii, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bong. 1853, p. 3(19. 

 h. Pithecus curtus,Ji\yih, Journ. Asiat.Soc. Beng. 185G,xxiv. p. 518. 



