BARBARY APE. 
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gibbon, above-described^ is^ that a patched or 
parti-coloured small variety of that animal is 
sometimes seen^, and is figured in the Count de Buf- 
fon's work^ having the lower part of the back and 
the feet white, while the rest of the animal is of a 
deep brown. The larger kind is also represented 
by BuiFon with whitish hands and feet. 
Notwithstanding the apparent ferocity of the 
Gibbon, and the deformity of its figure, it is of a 
more tractable and gentle nature than most of its 
tribe, and has even been celebrated for the de- 
corum and modesty of its behaviour. Considered 
with respect to the rest of the genus it ranks 
among the genuine Apes, or those which have not 
the least vestige of a tail, and, like the Oran Otcm, 
alarms the pride of mankind by too near an ap- 
proach to the real Primates of the creation. Nay, 
Linnseus, in his description referred to in the sy- 
nonyms, actually places it in the genus Homo, un- 
der the title of Homo Lar. 
BARBARY APE. 
Simla Inuus. S* ecaudata, natibus cah'is, capite ohlongo. Lin, 
Tailless pale-brown Ape, with callosities behind, and with an 
oblong head. 
Simla Inuus. Speculum Linnaanum, I . /. I . 
Magot. Buff, 14. t, 8. 9. 
Barbary Ape. Pennant ^adr, p, i2>6. 
This, which is the species of ape most com- 
monly seen in exhibitions of animals, grows to the 
height of about four feet. It is not remarkable 
