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ORAN OTAK. 
S, ecaudata, ferruginetty lacertorum pilis re'ver- 
Simla Satyrus. ( ^.^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^.^^ ^. 33, 
Homo Troglodytes. 3 26. 
Tailless Ape, either chesnut-coloured or black, without callosities 
behind, and with the hair on the lower part of the arms reversed. 
Satyrus Indicus. 7ulp, Ohs. Med. 284. /. 14. 
Homo Sylvellris. Orang-Otang. Bont. Ja<v. 84. /. 84. 
Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris. 7yson. anat. pygm.f. I. 2- 
Jocko. Buff, 14./. 43. t. and suppL 7. f. I. ex ed Allamand. 
Man of the Woods. Ednvards pi. 213. 
Orang-Otang, Vosmaer. descr. i^c. t. 1.2. 
Orang-Otang. Camper kort beright, ^c. Jmst. 1 77 8. 
Great Ape. Pennant ^adr. ed. 3. So. pL 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 ]\ian 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. Tlie 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 fall-grown ones are, at 
least, six feet in height. The general colour 
