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Quadrupeds. 



THE CHIMPANZEE. 



(Simia Troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger.) 



THIS Ape, which is an inhabitant of the great forests of 

 Western Africa, is generally considered to be that which 

 approaches nearest to the human species in its conforma- 

 tion. When full-grown, he measures about five feet in 

 height, standing erect, but this is a posture which he 

 does not naturally prefer, and when on the ground he 

 usually walks upon all fours, applying the outside of his 

 hinder feet and the knuckles of his fore limbs to the 



