THE STAMAKCJ. 



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THE SIAMANG. 



Hylobates syndactyla RAFFLES. 



PLATE IV. 



Siir.ia syndactyia, the Siamang, Sir Stamford Raffles, 



actions of Linncean Society, vol. xiii. page 241 ; Horsfald. 

 Zoological Researches in Java. Le Siamang, Frederic 

 Cnvier, Hiatoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.Le Siamang, 

 Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. i. page 90. 



THE Siamang, by some naturalists, has been sepa- 

 rated from the other long-armed apes on account of the 

 curious formation of the feet. They have the first 

 and second toes closely united, as far as the middle 

 of the second phalanx. 



