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CHAPTER XXXIII. 



ANTHROPOIB APES (Continued). 



The Chimpanzee {Troglodytes niger) is an ape bearing some 

 similarity in its appearance to the gorilla, and still more so in its 

 habits, but it is not nearly so large an animal, for a good-sized 

 specimen will not measure much over five feet in height. 



It inhabits the same equatorial forests as the gorilla, but 

 it has a much wider range, for it is found all over tropical 

 Africa. There are many varieties of this ape. Von Koppenfels 

 stated that he had positive proof that there are crosses between 

 the gorilla and chimpanzee, but he gives no special name to this 

 mongrel progeny, for, as he remarks, it is found but in individual 

 cases, and as such deserves no distinct classification. " The chim- 

 panzee of northern Guinea differs essentially from that of the 

 southern portion of the same country, and, according to Living- 

 stone, the ' Soko ' differs from both, but is still a chimpanzee. Du 

 Chaillu's Koolo Kamba, N'schigo, and M'bouve are not distinct 

 species, and this traveller, who is certainly a man of merit, but 

 is too credulous, has been imposed upon by the mendacity of 

 the natives, which beggars description. The names N'schigo, 

 M'bouv6, Koola, Baboo, Soko, Ognia, and Kooloo Kamba are 

 only different designations of the chimpanzee by different' 

 tribes." 



We are also indebted to Dr. Savage ^ for the first trustworthy 

 description of the chimpanzee in its native woods, and although 

 since the publication of his paper on the subject other writers 

 have described the animal, yet they have only amplified his 

 original account and confirmed its general accuracy. 



' See " Boston Journal of Natural History," vol. iv., p. 38?. 



