. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD PAPPAN, MiAS-RAMBi, and MiAS-KASSu, the third of which is smaller, has no cheek-excrescences, and very large teeth. Some naturalists recognise a pale and a dark race. Most of our information is due to Raja Brooke and Dr. Wallace. The species is confined to Borneo and Sumatra, but fossils have been found in India of this genus, as well as of a chim- panzee. The orang is less man-like than the chimpanzee and gorilla. In height the male varies from 3 feet lo inches to 4 feet 6 inches, the female being a few inches shorter. It is
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD PAPPAN, MiAS-RAMBi, and MiAS-KASSu, the third of which is smaller, has no cheek-excrescences, and very large teeth. Some naturalists recognise a pale and a dark race. Most of our information is due to Raja Brooke and Dr. Wallace. The species is confined to Borneo and Sumatra, but fossils have been found in India of this genus, as well as of a chim- panzee. The orang is less man-like than the chimpanzee and gorilla. In height the male varies from 3 feet lo inches to 4 feet 6 inches, the female being a few inches shorter. It is a heavy creature, with large head—often a foot in breadth—thick neck, powerful arms, which reach nearly to the ankles, and protuberant abdomen. Its legs are short and bowed. The forehead is high, the nose fairly large, the ears very human. The throat is ornamented with large pouches, and there are often callosities on the cheeks. The fingers are webbed, the thumb small, the foot long and narrow, the great toe ' small and often without a nail. The brain is man like, and the ribs agree in number with those of man ; but there are nine bones in the wrist, whereas man, the gorilla, and the chimpanzee have but eight. The canine teeth are enormous in the male. The hair, a foot or more long on the shoulders and thighs, is yellowish red: there is a slight beard. The skin is gray or brown, and often, in adults, black. The orang is entirely a tree-living animal, and is only found in moist districts where there is much virgin forest. On the ground it progresses clumsily on all-fours, using its arms as crutches, and with the side only of its feet on the ground. In trees it travels deliberately but with perfect ease, swinging along under- neath the branches, although it also walks along them semi-erect. It lives alone with mate and young, and builds a sleeping place sufficiently low to avoid the wind. Its food is leaves and fruit, especially the durian; its feeding-time, midday. No anima
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