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ANTHROPOID APES. 



from the eyes than is generally the case in the 

 chimpanzee, is not so broad as it is in the latter 

 animal and in the gorilla. The wings of the nose 

 are narrow and highly arched in their upper part, 

 divided from each other by a vertical furrow, and 

 the nostrils are small and oval, separated by a thin 

 partition. The upper lip is high, broad, and projec- 



Fig. v.— Head and shoulders ol an aged male orang-ntaa 



ting, and seldom much wrinkled. It is divided from 

 the cheeks and from the upper part of the face by 

 a deep depression ; and behind the cheeks two large 

 and long-shaped or sometimes triangular pads of fat 

 often project forwards and downwards. 



The very mobile lips are furrowed, and not 

 remarkably thick. The chin is very retreating, 

 but somewhat uniformly rounded in front (Fig. 7). 



