1853.] Bemar/cs on the different species of Orang-utan. 



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In the following table of admeasurements, the first column gives 

 those of an adult female Bambi by Prof. Owen; the second are 

 those of our adult female (?) Pappan ; the third are those of our 

 aged female Kassar ; and the fourth are those of our adolescent 

 small female Orang with short fore-arms : — 





Adult fe- 

 male 



Adult fe- 

 male 



Aged fe- 

 male 



Short- 

 armed. 





Rambi. 



Papp 



an. 



Kassar. 





F 



i. 



I. 



F. 



«. 



/. 



F. i. 1. 



F. i. 1. 



Length of the body from the vertex to the 



















base of the os calcis,* 



4 



1 



6 



3 



9 



6 



3 4 



3 3 3 



Length of the spinal column, - . 



I 



11 



6 



2 



Of 



5 



1 8f 



1 8 9 



Length of sternum (not including the ensi- 



















form cartilage,) 



, > 



4 



4£ 



,, 



4 







„ 4 



„ 4 4 



Length of the manubrium stemi, 



>> 



1 



5 



n 



1 



2 



„ 1 3| 



„ 1 3 



Breadth of the manubrium stemi, 





2 



4 



n 



1 



1(H 



„ 2 3 



„ 1 9 



Breadth of the sternum opposite the fifth 



















rib, 



?.' 



1 



2 



• > 



1 



4 



„ „ io 



,, ,, 11 



Length of the first rib, 





2 



7 



V 



4J 



8 



,,J3 9 



„t3 9 



Length of the seventh rib, 



1 



4 



6 



1§ 











„§ 9 6 



,.§ 9 



Length of the last rib (which is longer than 



















in Man and has a cartilage,) .. 



>' 



6 



2 



) » 



4 



5 



„ 3 



„ 4 3 



Length of os innominatum, 



»> 



9 



10 



ji 



9 



9 



„ 8 6 



„ 8 4 



Breadth of pelvis from one antero-posterior 



















spine of ilium to the other, 



,, 



9 



10 



,, 



9 



9 



„ 8 6 



., 8 4 



Breadth of ilium. 



m 



4 



9 



»i 



4 



3 



„ 4 



„ 3 5 



Breadth of ischium, .. 



>! 



3 



7 



>, 



4 







,,3 5 



,,3 



Breadth of sacrum, 





3 



4 



•t 



3 



1 



„ 2 11 



„ 2 9 



Distance between the acetabula, 



,, 



5 



5 



»» 



5 







m 4 7 



„ 3 9 



Length of the clavicle, 



' » 



6 



9 



>> 



6 



9 



,,5 9 



„ 5 5£ 



Length of the scapula along the base, 



,, 



5 



5 



)> 



6 



3 



,,5 5 



„ 5 



Breadth from the end of the acromion to 



















the opposite part of the base, 



?» 



4 



8 



»5 



4 



6 



„ 3 10 



„ 3 6 



From the root of the spine to the superior 



















angle, 



>> 



1 



4 



» 



1 



4 



„ „io 



„ „io 



* In the second, third and fourth columns, the height of the skeleton is given, 

 standing, more humano. In the second column 1 in. is allowed, and in the third 

 $ in., for the height of the astragalus and os calcis. In the small Orang with 

 short fore-arms, the height of these bones in siiubus is $ in. 



f The extremity of the coccyx is here allowed for. 



X Measured round the curve from posterior articulation. 



§ The osseous portion only. 



3 c 



