MAMMALOGY. 



Virey observes that it is the animal represented in BufFon's Supple- 

 ment, torn vii. plate 1. adding at the same time that it is also the 

 animal represented by G. Edwards (in his Gleanings), by Vosmaer, 

 AUamand, and Camper, and which is described by Tilesius in the 

 Supplement of Captain Krusenstern. This appears probable, and 

 is we apprehend correct, but we cannot, in the absence of the animal 

 described by BufFon, or at least of its remains, speak decisively upon 

 this subject; we understand the specimen in the Parisian Museum 

 is gone to decay, that of Edwards, once preserved in the British 

 Museum, exists no longer, and the absence of the third joint of the 

 great toe^ and of the nail of that toe in the specimen of the Rufous 

 Orang-Outang in our College of Surgeons, appears to deserve 

 mature consideration in forming a correct opinion on the subject. 



Of the other animal, the Jocko, or Pongo, of BufFon, we may 

 speak more fully. This is a well-known figure in the work of that 

 author, which cannot easily escape observation from the general 

 similitude of the representation to the human form. It stands erect 

 with a staff in his hand, the body and limbs covered with long hair, 

 but the face is bare, and in all respects resembles that of a man with 

 a ruddy complexion. The appearance of this creature, designated 

 by the name of Jocko, or Pongo, suggests the probability of its 

 being designed for a larger or an adult growth of the Rufous Orang- 

 Outang; Mons. Cuvier, however, observes that it is the Chimpan- 

 zee, very badly represented, the individual specimen described by 

 Buffon still remaining, as the writer observes, in the Paris Museum ; 

 but the same object is better represented, it is added, by Lecat, under 

 the name of Quimp^see, and it is also that which Audebert has given 

 under the name of Pongo. 



