. Anthropoid apes. Apes. 216 ANTHROPOID APES. of fat on the cheeks. The creature was, moreover, strongly built, and the region of the hips and the belly were contracted, while the hands and feet were large and powerful. When I first saw this. Fig. 61.—Mafuca. savage creature, early in September, 1875, it was full of vigour, and I was almost convinced that I saw a female gorilla, not quite adult, an opinion shared by such zoologists as K. Th. von Siebold and others, while it was vehemently opposed by Bolau and A. B. Meyer. At that time I made a drawing of its profile, which is given in Fig. 61,
. Anthropoid apes. Apes. 216 ANTHROPOID APES. of fat on the cheeks. The creature was, moreover, strongly built, and the region of the hips and the belly were contracted, while the hands and feet were large and powerful. When I first saw this. Fig. 61.—Mafuca. savage creature, early in September, 1875, it was full of vigour, and I was almost convinced that I saw a female gorilla, not quite adult, an opinion shared by such zoologists as K. Th. von Siebold and others, while it was vehemently opposed by Bolau and A. B. Meyer. At that time I made a drawing of its profile, which is given in Fig. 61, and which was taken at a moment when the animal happened. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hartmann, Robert, 1832-1893. New York, D. Appleton and Co.
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