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Quadrupeds. 
THE CHIMPANZEE. 
(Simia Troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger.) 
This Ape, which is an inhabitant of the great forests of 
Western Africa, is generally considered to be that which 
approaches nearest to the human species in its conforma- 
tion. When full-grown, he measures about five feet in 
height, standing erect, but this is a posture which he 
does not naturally prefer, and when on the ground he 
usually walks upon all fours, applying the outside of his 
hinder feet and the knuckles of his fore limbs to the 
