THE BED OR ASIATIC OEANG-OUTANG. 109 



THE RED OR ASIATIC ORANG-OUTANG. 



Pithecus satyrus GEOFFROY. 



PLATES II. and II. 



Simla satyrus, Hnnceus. Jocko, Audibert, Histoire Nafarette 



des Singes Pithecas satyrus, Desmarets Mammologie, 



p. 50 ; Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Annales du Museum, xbc. 

 p. 88 The Red or Asiatic Orang-Outang, James Wilson's 

 Illustrations of Zoology r , pi. v. figs. 1 and 3. Orang-Outang, 

 Abel, Embassy to China, pages 319 and 365. 



WE are fortunately possessed of more ample mate- 

 rials to illustrate the history of this singular animal, 

 than of the black orang of Africa ; but it is to be 

 regretted that what we have, also relate to indivi- 

 duals in a comparatively young state. One instance 

 only of the capture of what may be considered an adult 

 specimen is authentically recorded ; and the fragments 

 of that specimen, with the skull of a supposed adult 

 in the collection at Paris, are all from which we can 

 draw the true characters of this creature. Of the 

 existence of a most gigantic animal there can be no 

 doubt ; but it must either be an inhabitant of the in- 

 terior only, or must flee most rapidly fi^m the en- 



