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APES AND MONKEYS. 



extraordinary height of the crovni 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 briilge of the nose is generally 

 much depressed and flattened, Ijut the wliole nose is generally larger than in the 

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

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

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





HEAD OF ORAXG. 



and thin, the upper one being characterised by its great lengtli 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 tlieir owner. The ear is small and well formed, and it is much more human 

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

 warty protuberance, or callosity. 



The body is b\- 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. 



