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lers. But, though we have never been able to 

 procure this ape, its exigence is equally real 

 with that of the cynocephalus. Gelher and John- 

 flon have given figures of the pigmy. M. Brif- 

 fon mentions his having feen it, and he diftin- 

 guifhes it from the cynocephalus or Barbary ape, 

 which he likewife faw. He confirms Ariftotle's 

 remark, that thefe two animals refemble each 

 other in every thing, except that the cynocepha- 

 lus has a longer muzzle than the pigmy *. 



We remarked, that the orang-outang, the 

 pigmy, the gibbon, and the Barbary ape, are the 

 only animals to which the generic name ape 

 ought to be applied ; becaufe they alone want 

 the tail, and walk fpontaneoufly, and oftener on 

 two feet than on four feet. The orang-outang 

 and the gibbon are very different from the pigmy 

 and Barbary ape. But, as the two latter have a 

 perfect refemblance, except in the length of the 

 muzzle and the largenefs of the canine teeth, 

 the one has frequently been miftaken for the o- 

 ther. They have always been mentioned under 



the 



• The firft race of apes, which have no tail, and a fhort 

 mnzzle : i. The ape. I fawfeveral apes which difFered only 

 m magnitude : Their face, ears, and nails, were very iimilar 

 to thofe of man. The hair which covered their bodies, ex- 

 cept the buttocks, which are naked, is a mixture of green and 

 yellow. The green predominates on the fuperior part of the 



body, and the yellow on the inferior The fecond race 



of apes, which have no tail, and a long muzzle : i. The cyno- 

 cephalus differs from the ape only in having a long muzzle, 

 like that of a dog. I faw feveral of them vihich had no dif- 

 ference but in fize ; Brijfon. regn.anim. p. 189. 191. 



