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APES AND MONKEYS. 



extraordinary height of the crown of the head is well exhibited in our figure of the 

 head and shoulders of an immature individual, the whole of this part of the head 

 being curiously shortened and compressed from back to front. In the immature 

 animal, of which the head is figured, the jaws are not very prominent, but they 

 become much more projecting in old males. The bridge of the nose is generally 

 much depressed and flattened, but the whole nose is generally larger than in the 

 chimpanzee and gorilla, and not so much expanded at its termination, the wings of 

 the nose being arched and narrow, and the small oval nostrils separated from one 

 another by a narrow partition. The mobile lips are usually comparatively smooth 



HEAD OF ORANG. 



and thin, the upper one being characterised by its great length and breadth. In the 

 adult of the orang, as shown in our illustration, the neck is surrounded by a kind 

 of collar formed of folds of skin containing an internal cavity communicating with 

 the larynx or upper expansion of the windpipe. In some very old males these 

 pouches attain enormous dimensions, and by no means add to the personal beauty 

 of their owner. The ear is small and well formed, being much more human-like 

 than that of the gorilla. Frequently the sides of the cheeks of the males have a 

 warty protuberance, or callosity. 



The body is by no means so powerfully built as that of the gorilla ; and the 

 sloping and stooping shoulders and extremely prominent abdomen make the whole 

 shape of the animal ungainly in the extreme. 



