1 14 CHARACTERS OF THE MONKEY TRIBE. 



The simia troglodytes * is a native of Angola and Congo, 

 where it is called by the natives chimpans^. It resembles 

 the former in size, but differs from it in being covered by 

 black hair ; in having a lower forehead and large ears, and 

 nails on the tliumbs of the hind hands. It is very suscep- 

 tible of education, and quickly learns to imitate human 

 actions. This is the animal of which Tyson f has given 

 an excellent anatomical description, accompanied with very 

 good engravings. In both these simise the hair of the 

 upper and fore arm takes opposite directions ; that is, it 

 slants in each part of the limb towards the elbow. 



A more minute and accurate account of the propensities, 

 feelings, and intellectual phenomena of both these crea- 

 tures, is a great desideratum in that important branch of 

 comparative physiology, which relates to the functions of 

 the brain. 



The peculiar characteristics of man appear to me so 

 very strong, that I not only deem him a distinct species, 

 but also put him into a separate order by himself. His 

 physical and moral attributes place him at a much greater 

 distance from all other orders of mammalia, than those are 

 from each other respectively. The zoological statement of 

 his principal characters follow J : 



Order, bimanum (two-handed) : genus, homo ; the 

 species single, with several varieties hereafter enumerated. 



Characters : erect stature ; two hands ; teeth approxi- 

 mated and of equal length ; the inferior incisors perpendi- 

 cular ; prominent chin ; rational ; endowed with speech ; 

 unarmed ; defenceless. 



already quoted ; for that of the pongo, Fischer Naturhistorische Frag- 

 mented tab. 3 (& 4. I must, however, acknowledge that the head of the in- 

 dividual at Exeter Change comes much nearer to that of the pongo than 

 either the cranium figured by Blumenbach, or that in the Hiinterian Collec- 

 tion ; and the resemblance seems to me to increase with the animal's growth. 



* A good engraving from a living original is found in Le Cat, Traite du 

 Fluide des Nerfs : it is copied by Blumenbach, Ahbild. N. H. G. No. 11. 



+ The Anatomy of a Pigmy f compared with that of a Monkey^ an Ape, 

 and a Man. 



X Bldmenbacii.' Cuviek. 



