SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Homo Lar. Lin. Mantissa, ii. 521. SimiaLar. Gmelin. S. 

 longimana, Schreb. PithecusLar. Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix. 88. 



Long-armed Ape, Pemi. Quad. Gibbon, Buff. xiv. 



Icon. Schreb. t. 3, /. 1. Buff, xiv., t. 2. 



Inhabits East Indies, near Coromandel and Malacca, 

 and the Molucca Islands. 



6. 2. S. H. variegatus (Little Gibbon). Fur varied with 

 gray brown, and deep gray. 



Simia Lar. iS. Gmel. S. longimana. var. Scrheb. S. lon- 

 gimana. Mus. Leverianum. Pithecus variegatus, Geoff. 

 Ann. Mus. xix. 88. 



Little Gibbon, Penn. Quad. Petit Gibbon, Buff. xiv. 



Icon. Schreb. t. 3. Mus. Leverianum, t. \., Buffon, xiv., 

 t. 3. 



Inhabits Malacca. 



Obs. This is probably a mere variety of the last, it is dis- 

 tinguished, however, by being less in stature, and having 

 the white hairs extending round the face, and also over 

 the shoulders. 



7. 3. S. H. leuciscus (Wow Wow). Fur ash gray ; face 

 black; callosities very large. 



Simia lar. /3. Penn. Quad. S. leucisca, Schreb. Pithecus 

 leuciscus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xix., 89 



Wouwou, Camper. Moloch, Audebert. Gibbon cendre, 

 Cuvier^ Regne Animal, 103. 



Icon. Audebert 1. § 1./. 2. 



Inhabits Malacca and Sunda Islands. 



8. 4. S. H. Syndactyla (the Siamang). Fur black ; neck 

 and breast naked ; the index and middle finger of the hin- 

 der extremities united to the end of the second phalanx. 



Simia syndactyla. Raffles, Trans. Lin. Soc. xiii., 241. 

 Siamang, F. Cuvier, Mamm. lithog. 



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