22 GUIDE TO THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



The Orang-OutangS {Simia satyrus and S. morio) are in a 

 case near the Gorilla, in the Australian Hall. These Monkeys are 

 natives of Borneo and Sumatra. They live in the trees and pro- 

 gress by climbing among the branches from tree to tree. " The 

 Orangs all have ruddy-brown hair, the tinge being decidedly red, 

 a dark face, with small eyes, small nose and great projecting jaws. 

 What strikes one directly, on looking at a well-mounted specimen, 

 is the great length of the fore-limbs, which reach far towards the 

 ankle, the length of the, muzzle and the extraordinary breadth of 

 the face under the eyes, where the flatness resembles a mask more 

 than a natural growth. In the females and young this growth of 

 the cheek-bone and its covering of fat and skin are not seen ; 

 and it appears to be a mark of male beauty, as are also two sets 

 of ridges on the skull which greatly resemble those of the Gorilla." 



The Gibbon {Thjlohates leudscus) also from Southern Asia 

 and the Malay Archipelago, is in the Gallery of the " Old 

 Wing." It is remarkable for its fore-limbs being so long as almost 

 to reach the ground when the animal stands erect. 



Other Monkeys are exhibited in cases in the " Old Wing." 

 The principal specimens are — 



Sacred Apes {Semnopithed) from India and Java and one from 

 Tonga, South Seas {'S". ohscurus) distinguished by their slender 

 forms, round heads, long tails, and by the fore limbs being much 

 shorter than the hind limbs, and the thumbs small, sometimes 

 almost rudimentary. 



The Colobi, allied to the last, but natives of Africa. 



The Patas — {Cercopithecus or Chlorocebus ruber) and 



The Moustache Monkey {Cercopithecus cephus) from Western 



Africa, which have check pouches large enough to stow away a 



supply of food. 

 The Red Teetee — {CalUthria' ruber) a.-nd several representatives 



of the Maca(pie family from India and the Eastern Archipelago. 



One species of this Monkey is to be found on the Rock of 



Gibraltar and on the opposite coast of Africa. 



The Egyptian Sacred Ape. 



The 'BayjOOrL—{Cy7wcep/<alus bahouin) and Mandrill [Mormon 

 maimon or Vapio mormon) from Africa and Arabia. These have 

 the fore and hind limbs of nearly equal length, and have very 

 powerful jaws. 



