WIL^D ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



THE GOKILLA. 



The annals of the Zoological Society contain some 

 interesting records of the gorilla. 



At an evening meeting of the Zoological Society, held 

 on February 22, 1848, a paper was read by Professor 

 Owen on a new species of chimpanzee. This animal was 



THE GORILLA. 



distinguished from the well-known chimpanzee by the 

 skull alone, and the name proposed by the Professor was 

 Troglodytes Savagei, after Dr. Thomas Savage, by whom 

 it had been discovered, and its existence made known to 

 Professor Owen. 



At an evening meeting of the above Society, held on 



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