THE ORANG-UTAN 



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build a hut or a roof of branches under which to sleep. Its 

 home is the heavy forest region of equatorial Africa, from 

 the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Tanganyika. Like the gorilla, 

 its skin is black, and when young its hair is also, but when 



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A DRESSED-UP CHIMPANZEE. 



fully grown its hair is dark iron-gray. This animal can be 

 distinguished from the orang-utan at a glance by the greater 

 size of its ears and its black color. 



The Okaxg-Utan (from two pure Malay words, "orang" 

 = man, and : 'ut an "= jungle) is also about two-thirds the 

 size of the gorilla, and is easily recognized by its brick-red 

 hair, brown skin, and small ears. The largest specimen on 



