44£ NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA. 
a short enumeration of some of the animals which 
are peculiar to it. 
We shall mention the different classes of animals 
as they are arranged in the zoological system of 
naturalists, beginning, therefore, with the 
Mammalia. 
Of all the quadrumanous, or four-handed animals 
found in Africa, the most remarkable is the Simia 
troglodytes, chimpanse, or orang-outang. Its whole 
make, the want of a tail, and of cheek-pouches, and 
the arms, which are so short, as not to extend beyond 
the knee, give it very much the appearance of the hu- 
man species. It was formerly confounded with the 
orang-outang of Borneo, the Simia satyrus of natur- 
alists ; but the orang-outang of Borneo is brown, 
whereas that of Africa is black. It is said occa- 
sionally to attain a height of from five to six feet, 
and to be possessed of great strength. 
Africa abounds in baboons and monkeys. Seve- 
ral of the baboon tribe are remarkable for their great 
size, uncommon strength, disgusting manners, and 
ferocity ; while the numerous species of the mon- 
key tribe are more agreeably distinguished by their 
lively and playful manners, and their great imita- 
tive powers. 
Several species of the bat (vespertilio) tribes 
are met with in Africa ; and some species, as the 
