MAMMALOGY. 



length of arm would correspond*) it may be an animal existing in 

 those islands of the Indian seas, unknown at present to any Naturalist, 

 Had not the comparatively length of the arm been so distinctly 

 stated, its appearance in other respects might have induced a con- 

 clusion of its being a lusus of the human frame : Linnseus tells us it 

 is about half the size of the human adult, which corresponds pretty 

 well with the stature of Simia Lar, the height of which is about three 

 feet, and which also inhabits India. 



In theGmelinian edition of the Linnsean system the term Homo 

 is confined to the species of sapiens, rational man and his varieties. 

 The synonyms of the Linnaean Homo Troglodytes is assigned to the 

 Orang-Outang, under the appellation of Simia Satyrus, and to 

 increase the perplexity, the name of Troglodytes is given as a specific 

 name to another animal, the Black Orang-Outang, or Chimpanzee. 

 Nothing can be more confused than this, or more contrary to the 

 intention of Linnaeus. It is perfectly clear that whatever the Orang- 

 Outang of Bontius may prove to be, and whether we place it as a 

 Homo, or a Simla, it is distinct from the rufous Orang-Outang. 1*he 

 rufous Omng-Outang Linnaeus describes in the twelfth edition of 

 Systema Naturae, under the name of Simia Satyrus. He does not 

 unite it as Gmelln has since done with Homo Troglodytes ; the 

 latter Linnaeus leaves in his genus Homo ; while the Rufous Orang- 

 Outang is referred by him to the Simia genus^ under the appellation 

 of Simia Satyrus. Linnaeus was led to consider, and certainly with- 

 out sufficient information, that the Black Orang-Outang of Africa 



* In the Leverian Museum ; the white variety was purchased for the 

 Imperial Cabinet at Vienna. 



