58 THE MAN-LIKE APES I 



ridges, If inches to 2 inches apart, as in the 

 Simia morio of Professor Owen. The teeth, 

 however, are immense, equalling or surpassing 

 those of the other species. The females of both 

 these kinds, according to Mr. Wallace, are devoid 

 of excrescences, and resemble the smaller males, 

 but are shorter by 1^ to 3 inches, and their 

 canine teeth are comparatively small, subtruncated 

 and dilated at the base, as in the so-called Simia 

 morio, which is, in all probability, the skull of 

 a female of the same species as the smaller males. 

 Both males and females of this smaller species 

 are distinguishable, according to Mr. Wallace, by 

 the comparatively large size of the middle 

 incisors of the upper jaw. 



So far as I am aware, no one has attempted to 

 dispute the accuracy of the statements which I 

 have just quoted regarding the habits of the two 

 Asiatic man-like apes ; and if true, they must be 

 admitted as evidence, that such an Ape 



Istly, May readily move along the ground in 

 the erect, or semi-erect, position, and without 

 direct support from its arms. 



2ndly, That it may possess an extremely loud 

 voice, so loud as to be readily heard one or two 

 miles. 



Srdly, That it may be capable of great vicious- 

 ness and violence when irritated : and this is 

 especially true of adult males. 



