ORAN OTAN. M 



In Dr. Gmelin's edition of the Systema Naturae, 

 the smaller variety, or the Jocko in its less shaggy 

 or more naked state, is given as a distinct species, 

 under the name of Simla Troglodytes. The print 

 published many years past, by the name of Chim- 

 panzee, is of this kind ; as is, perhaps, the figure 

 in Tulpius. 



The animal described in the Philosophical 

 Transactions, vol. 59- p. 72. pi. 3. is by Gmelin, 

 in his edition of the Systema Naturae, referred to 

 the Oran Otan ; but Mr. Pennant, in the last edition 

 of his History of Quadrupeds, seems to consider it 

 as perfectly distinct, and describes it under the 

 title of Golock. It has a pointed face ; long and 

 slender limbs ; arms, when the animal is upright, 

 not reaching lower than the knees ; head round 

 and full of hair; grows to the height of a man. 

 Inhabits the forests of Mevat in the interior parts 

 of Bengal. In its manners is gentle and modest; 

 called by the natives golock, or the wild man ; 

 distinguished from the Oran Otan by its slender 

 form ; and from the Gibbon by its having much 

 shorter arms : colour entirely black. The short 

 description given in the Philosophical Transactions 

 is somewhat singular : The animal is said to be of 

 the height of a man; the teeth white as pearls; 

 the arms in due proportion, and the body very 

 genteel. 



