38 Description of a Gihbon. 



species have the same consolidation of the bones of the 

 foot, as was observed to be always the case in the first 

 specieSj or Siaraang. And the same applies to the female 

 of the fourth species. As the one now under considera- 

 tion was a female, and had not this peculiarity, it cannot 

 belong to either the fourth or fifth species. Lesson re- 

 gards Dr. Harlan's animal as the Unko.* 



The Ourang which I have recently had an opportunity 

 of dissecting, and which is the same that has been ex- 

 hibited alive in most of the cities of the United States, 

 appears to be a young animal, of the same species as that 

 described by Dr. Jeffries. Its dentition had not been 

 completed, having only twenty-four teeth. It walked 

 upright, but with an appearance of difficulty, as it hmped 

 in so doing ; from which circumstance, many were disposed 

 to deny that this was its natural manner of progression ; 

 but on dissection, it was found that this awkwardness arose 

 from the right femur having been fractured ; the bones had 

 overshot each other, and this limb was consequently about 

 two inches shorter than the other. This skeleton now 



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an uniform 



►wn 



examine 



from them such proofs of aberration from the Gibbons 

 already described, as may entitle this annual to be consid- 

 ered as a distinct species. 



1. Tliere is no intermaxillary bone. Camper has 

 mentioned, as one of the grand characteristics of man, his 

 want of it. Even the ourang has it, and he is so figured 



-*j^ '.- ■ 



Nous ne pouvons pas dispenser de regarder comme une fcmclle 



du gibbon ounko, Taninial decrlL & figure par le Docteur Harlan. 

 Cependantj la description de cet auteur est si vague qu'on ne peut 

 affirmer cette idontite d'une maniere precise. Op. Cit. p. 404. 



