592 CHORDATA, 
respectively has already been noticed. The last family is of 
course at the present day cosmopolitan. A fragmentary 
fossil from the East Indies, called Anthropopithecus erectus, is 
said to be a link between-man and the anthropoid apes, the 
Fig. 398.—ENTIRE SKELETON OF THE GORILLA. 
(De BLaInviLie.) 
ae 
A): 
AG 
Note opposable hallux and long fore-limbs. 
chief evidence being based upon the cranial capacity and 
relative brain-weight. Fossil Azthvopoidea are found as far 
back as early Miocene, but they still have their “family” 
characters. 
