ORAX OTAN. . 



} S.ecaudata, ferruginea y lacertorum pilis re<ver- 

 Simia Satyrus. ( ^ ^.^ ^ ^ ^ mu ^ ^ 



Homo Troglodytes. ) GmsL p , z6 _ 



Tailless Ape, either chesnut-coloured or black, without callosities 

 behind, and with the hair on the lower part of the arms reversed. 

 Satyrus Indicus. Tulp. Obs. Med. p. 284. /. 14. 

 Homo Sylveitris. Orang-Otang. Bont. Ja<v. 84. /. 84. 

 Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris. Tyson, anat.pygm.f. I. 2. 

 Jocko. Buff. \\.p. 43. t. and suppl. 7. t. l. ex ed Allamand. 

 Man of the Woods. Edwards pi. 213. 

 Orang-Otang. Vosmaer. descr. &c, t, 1. 2. 

 Orang-Otang. Camper kort beright, &c. Amst. 1778. 

 Great Ape. Pennant Quadr. ed. 3./. 80.//. 36. 



Of these singular animals, the species which 

 has most excited the attention of mankind is, the 

 Oran Otan, or, as it is sometimes called, the Satyr, 

 great Ape, or Man of the woods. It is a native of 

 the warmer parts of Africa and India, as well as 

 of some of the Indian islands, where it resides 

 principally in woods, and is supposed to feed, like 

 most others of this genus, on fruits. The Oran 

 Otan appears to admit of considerable variety in 

 point of colour, size, and proportions ; and there 

 is reason to believe, that, in reality, there may be 

 two or three kinds, which, though nearly ap- 

 proximated as to general similitude, are yet spe- 

 cifically distinct. The specimens imported into 

 Europe have rarely exceeded the height of two 

 or three feet, and were supposed to be young ani- 

 mals ; but it is said that the full-grown ones are, at 

 least, six feet in height. The general colour 



