246 SYNOPSIS CF THE 



2. SUB. FAM. SIMIJE PLATYRRHINI, Monkeys of the 



World. Number of teeth 36. Molar teeth on each side 

 six. Nostrils separated by a broad division. The tail long ; 

 often prehensile. No cheek pouches or callosities. Inhabit 

 the warm parts of Southern America. 



I. SUB-FAMILY CATARRHINI. 



ORANGS. 



GENUS I Trogfadites, GEOFFROY. 



Muzzle short ; facial angle 50 ; ears large, and lying close to 

 the head ; arms comparatively short, reaching to the lower part of 

 \he thighs ; tail, cheek-pouches, and callosities wanting. 

 ,AATE I.-* l.T. NIGER, Black or African Orang Geoff. Ann. 

 du Mus. xix. 87 ; Desm. Mamm. 49. Hair black, long 

 and shaggy upon the back and shoulders ; height of the 

 adults, 5 to 6 feet ; of the young seen in confinement in 

 Europe, 2 to 3 feet. Inhabits the coasts of Angola and 

 Congo. 



GENUS H.Pithecus, GEOFFROY. 



Muzzle more lengthened \an in the last ; facial angle 65 ; 



centre upper cutting teeth double in breadth to those at each side ; 



canine teeth in the young not exceeding the others in length ; in 



the adults twice as long, straight, and very strong ; ears small ; 



arms long ; tail, c>eek-pouches.. and callosities wanting. 



PLATES II. and II* 1. P. SATYRUS, Red or Asiatic Orang 



Geoff. Ann. ?n Mus. xix. p. 33 ; Desm. Mamm. p. 



50 ; Abel's EnAass. p. 319 and 365. Hair long and 



shaggy, shining i eddish brown ; adults very strong and 



. powerful ; height from 5 to 7 feet ; young seen in 



ment in Europe from 3 to 4 feet. Inhabits the i 



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