2 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
to Dr. Savage, a missionary, for 
our first account of its habits, 
in 1847. 
The chimpanzee, like the 
gorilla, is found only in Africa. 
The range includes West and 
Central Equatorial Africa, from 
the Gambia in the north to near 
Angola in the south, while it oc- 
curs in the Niam-Niam country 
to the northwest of the great 
lakes, and has been discovered 
recently in Uganda. The new 
Uganda Railway, which will open 
out the great lakes to the east, 
will bring many travelers well 
within reach of the nearest haum 
of these great apes. It is on the 
likeness and difference of their 
form and shape to those of man 
that the attention of the world 
has been mainly fixed. 
The chimpanzee is a heavily 
built animal, with chest and arms 
of great power. The male is 
slightly taller than the female. 
The crown is depressed, the chin 
Photo by Schosastic Photo. Co. [Parson's Green receding, the ridges which over- 
“JENNY,” THE WELL-KNOWN CHIMPANZEE hang the eye-sockets more prom- 
eile clic aiaiea ares cai aM inent than in man, less so than in 
the gorilla. The nose has a short 
bridge, and a flat extremity. The 
ear is large, and less human than that of the gorilla. The hands and feet are comparatively 
long; the digits are, except the thumb and great toe, joined by a web. The arms are short for 
an ape, reaching only to the knees. The teeth are similar to those of man, and the canines of 
only moderate size. The chimpanzee has thirteen pairs of ribs, and, like man, has a suggestion 
at the end of the vertebre of a rudimentary tail. It walks on all-fours, with the backs of its 
closed fingers on the ground, and can only stand upright by clasping its hands above its head. 
The skin is of a reddish or brown flesh-colour, the hair black with white patches on the lower 
part of the face. The bald chimpanzee has the top, front, and sides of the face bare, exceedingly 
large ears, thick lips, and black or brown hands and feet. 
The chimpanzee’s natural home is the thick forest, where tropical vegetation ensures almost 
total gloom. But near Loango it frequents the mountains near the coast. It is a fruit-feeding 
animal, said to do much damage to plantations, but the bald race, at all events in captivity, takes 
readily to flesh, and the famous “ Sally ” which lived in the Zoo for over six years used to kill and 
eat pigeons, and caught and killed rats. The male chimpanzee builds a nest in a tree for his 
family, and sleeps under its shelter; when food becomes scarce in the vicinity, a move is made, 
and a new nest built. This ape lives either in separate families or communities not exceeding 
ten in number, and is monogamous. 
As to the animal's courage, it is difficult to get accurate information, as the sins of the 
In this picture the rounded ear, human-like wrinkles on the forehead, and length of the 
toes should be noted 
