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ORAN OTAN. 
jeet, so as to answer the purpose of an additional 
band to the animal. 
Great ape, or oran otan. 
Of this species the individuals are from two to 
five or six feet high. Shaggy, reddish brown, 
dusky, and black hairs, scarce an inch long, cover 
the body thinly over. On the head, the back, 
and the buttocks, the hair is longer than on the 
other parts. The brow is bare ; the face is flat, 
and presents a deformed imitation of the human 
countenance ; the ears are shaped exactly like 
ours ; the colour of the face and paws is tawny. 
Upon the whole, it appears clearly that there 
ar^ two distinct species of this animal : viz. the 
reddish brown, or chesnut oran otan, called the 
jocko, which is a native of Borneo, and some 
other Indian^ islands, and the pongo, or great 
black oran otan, which is a native of Africa. 
Of the smaller sort of these animals we have 
had several, at different times, brought into this 
country, all nearly alike ; but that observed by 
Dr. Tyson, is the best known, having been des* 
cribed with the greatest exactness. It was brought 
from Angola in Africa, where it had been 
taken in the internal parts of the country, in 
Company with a female of the same kind, that 
died by the way. The body was covered with 
hair, which was of a coal black colour, more 
jresembling human hair than that of brutes. It 
bore a still stronger similitude in its different 
lengths ; for in those places where it is longest 
on the human species, it was also longest in this ; 
as on the head, the upper Ijp, the chin, and the 
pubes. The face was like that of a man, the 
forehead larger, and the head round. The up- 
