44 THE MONKEY TRIBE 



CHIMPANZEE (Anthropopithecus troglodytes). 

 Coloured Plate I. Fig. 4. 



This animal has been known to Europeans for hundreds 

 of years, probably through the medium of negroes and 

 wandering Arabs, who often capture the young apes to 

 keep as tame pets. One was brought to London as early 

 as the year 1740. 



The Chimpanzee is found in Equatorial Africa, but, 

 unlike that of the gorilla, its range is very extensive, stretch- 

 ing from the Atlantic coast to the forest regions of the 

 Nile. Five feet is a good height for a full-grown male ; the 

 average is nearly a foot less ; and as with most other apes, 

 there is little difference in the stature of the male and 

 female. Besides being shorter, it lacks the breadth and 

 general massiveness of the gorilla. The legs are com- 

 paratively straight, but the calf is only very slightly 

 developed. Owing to less articulation of the hind 

 extremities the animal is able to place more of the foot 

 upon the ground than the gorilla. The ringers, like our 

 own, are free as far as the knuckles. 



The skin of the Chimpanzee, a light muddy flesh colour, 

 is covered with coarse black hair, which is especially thick 

 on the back and shoulders, and there are very passable 

 whiskers on the sides of the cheeks. The skin of the face 

 is inclined to yellow, but it darkens with age. 



The head is large in comparison with the body. It is 

 rounder than that of the gorilla ; the ridges above the eyes 

 are less marked ; the jaws, though they project very much, 

 are less massive ; the canine teeth are less prominent ; the 

 lips are more mobile ; and the nose is almost quite flat. 

 Altogether the expression is one of considerable mildness. 



There still remain several features worthy of notice. The 

 ears are large, broad across the top, and project almost 

 at right angles from the face. The animal possesses 

 distinct stiff and bristly eyebrows, and the wrinkled lids are 

 fringed with black eyelashes. The hair on the forehead is 

 parted with an accuracy almost suggestive of the services of 

 a hairdresser. On the upper arm the hair takes a down- 



