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SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY 



The apes which stand highest in the scale of development 

 are the gibbons, the orang-utang, the chimpanzee, and the 

 gorilla. The gibbons live in southeastern Asia and adjacent 

 islands ; they have no tail, and their arms and legs are very 



FlG. 392. Simla satyrus, the orang-utang, sitting in its nest. From a specimen in the Cam- 

 bridge Museum, England. (From Shipley and MacBride's Zoology.) 



long. In habit they are arboreal, social, and feed chiefly on 

 fruits. The orang-utang, Simla satyrus (Fig. 392), sometimes 

 called "the wild man of the woods," is found only in Borneo 

 and Sumatra. The face, hands, and feet are naked, the rest 

 of the body is sparsely covered with rather long, reddish brown 



