. Anthropoid apes. Apes. ANATOMICAL STEUCTUEE OF ANTHROPOID APES. 77 The orbits of the orang, which are sometimt-s rounded, sometimes more square, are divided from each other by a narrow partition. The space be- tween them and the anterior nares is not so great as in the gorilla. While in the last-named animal the space between the root of the nose and the teeth of the upper jaw-bone is convex, in the. Fig. 22.—Skull of middle-aged female orang. chimpanzee it is generally vertical, and in the orang it is depressed (Fig. 22). The maxillary parts, furnished with strong canine teeth, are very pro


. Anthropoid apes. Apes. ANATOMICAL STEUCTUEE OF ANTHROPOID APES. 77 The orbits of the orang, which are sometimt-s rounded, sometimes more square, are divided from each other by a narrow partition. The space be- tween them and the anterior nares is not so great as in the gorilla. While in the last-named animal the space between the root of the nose and the teeth of the upper jaw-bone is convex, in the. Fig. 22.—Skull of middle-aged female orang. chimpanzee it is generally vertical, and in the orang it is depressed (Fig. 22). The maxillary parts, furnished with strong canine teeth, are very prog- nathous, yet hardly to the same extent as in the chimpanzee. The body of the lower jaw is high, and its rami are high and wide. The bony crests of which we have spoken are absent in the 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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