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the “ anthropoid apes,” and they are also (on account of the bony 
structure of their chest) termed the “ latisternal ” or “ broad- 
breast-boned ” apes. 
The Grorilla and the Chimpanzee together constitute the genus 
Troglodytes. They are both inhabitants of the warmest parts of 
'Western Africa. The Grorilla is much the larger and more bulky 
animal of the two, but both kinds are vegetarians as to diet, and 
arboreal in habit. That the Gorilla in external appearance is 
Fig. 1. 
The Chimpanzee {Troglodytes), 
not pre-eminently man-like may be seen by the plate herewith 
given (fig. 1 ), and a single visit to the British Museum will serve 
to convince any unprejudiced observer what a mere brute it is. 
The Orang, which forms the genus Simia,^ is exclusively an 
inhabitant of Borneo and Sumatra, where it attains a consider- 
able bulk, but not equal to that of the Gorilla. Slow, solitary, 
and peaceful in its habits, the Orang never voluntarily abandons 
the lowland forests, which supply it at once with shelter and 
with food. 
