SYNOPSIS OF THE 



ward ; nose rather full and broad, apex thickened ; mouth 

 large ; hair thick, black, and curled. 



Inhabits near the Ganges, the islands of the Indian 

 Ocean, and the Polynesia. 



Obs. These are the principal varieties, to one or other of 

 which the minor ramifications may in general be traced. 



Order II.— QUADRUMANA. 



Teeth of three sorts. The four extremities furnished with 

 hands ; teats two or four, pectoral ; bones of the arms and 

 legs separate, capable of pronation and supination ; sto- 

 mach simple membranaceous ; intestines short, with a small 

 caecum; the orbital and temporal fossae distinct. 



£^^5 fruit, roots, and insects. Lives in trees. Intelli- 

 gent, active. 



Inhabits the warm parts of America, Africa, and India. 



Genus I. Simia. 



Form approaching that of man, cutting teeth |, canine 

 \\\, grinders |:|, bluntly tubercular. Nostrils close, sepa- 

 rated merely by a thin septum ; teats two, pectoral ; tail 

 wanting or varying in length, never prehensile, with dis- 

 tinct cheek pouches, and often with callosities on the 

 buttocks. 



Eats ivmi, insects, and sometimes birds. 



Inhabits Africa and India, and its islands. 



Sub-genus I. Troglodytes. Geoflfroy, Facial angle^ 

 50'.; no cheek pouches, tail, nor callous buttocks; arms 

 short ; superciliary/ ridges distinct. 



2. 1.5. T. Niger (Chimpanse). Fur black. 



Homo silvestris Tyson Anat. of a pygmy. Homo troglo- 

 dytes, Lin. Syst. Nat. 33. Simia troglodytes, Gmelin, 26. 

 S. Pygmea et S. Satyrus, Schreb. Troglodytes niger, 

 Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. xix. 87. Mimetes, Leach, Jour. Phys. 



