. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . hominis defcripfit ; aliamque fimis Satyri va-rietatem nomine Hominis Troglodytis infignivit; qus tamen iterum et refte infuo loco memoratur, viz. in genere fimiarum. Species quoque de qua jam lo-quimur eandem fubiit generis mutationcm, femel nempe a Linnaso defcriptaeft titulo Hominis Laris. Depinxit earn Buffonus, ut plerumque cernitur, higram. Speciem hanc pras-cjpue diftinguit immenfa bractiiorum longitude, qus ad humum pertingunt, cumerefta fteterit. Cauda penitus caret; unguefque funt rotundati, ut Indis Orientals partes in
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . hominis defcripfit ; aliamque fimis Satyri va-rietatem nomine Hominis Troglodytis infignivit; qus tamen iterum et refte infuo loco memoratur, viz. in genere fimiarum. Species quoque de qua jam lo-quimur eandem fubiit generis mutationcm, femel nempe a Linnaso defcriptaeft titulo Hominis Laris. Depinxit earn Buffonus, ut plerumque cernitur, higram. Speciem hanc pras-cjpue diftinguit immenfa bractiiorum longitude, qus ad humum pertingunt, cumerefta fteterit. Cauda penitus caret; unguefque funt rotundati, ut Indis Orientals partes inhabitat, Bengalam prsecipue interiorem. Inter-dum ad humanam crefcit altitudinem : fed exftat quoque varietas minor, huicomnino confimiiis, nifi quod dimidiatam attingat proceritatem. Simia quam fi-gura illuftraffe jam diximus BufFonum, faciem habet fufcam, quje cingitur barbaalba lateque palfa : pedes quoque fere albi. Ut verum fatear, non prorllis im-poffibile exiftimo ut fit hcEc noftra vere diverfa a nigra, licet illi nimis fitaffinis. T H E. I. I* tiyrty .,. I -/-«l, ..«..< SIMIA ILOTTi&IMANA THE LOTSfG-AKMED GrBlBOST ..< A ^/,.a<;,fyr ^ ^. ■/?,,<:, „.„,» A«„»,^«„,.,^^ a;^.,^. ( 55 )THE LONG-ARMED GIBBON. GENERIC CHARACTER. Front teeth in each jaw 4, placed near together. Ganine Teeth folitary, longer than the othersj diftant from the remain-ing teeth, or obtufe. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. Tail-lefs Ape, bare behind, with extremely long arms-Grand Gibbon, and Petit Gibbon. Buffon. t. 14. f. 92. /.2^ Ape. Pennant. Hifi. ^tadr. f. 170. THE genus Simia, fo nearly allied in external appearance, as well as in-ternal conformation, to that of Homo, contains fo great a number offpecies, that a complete and accurate defcription of the whole tribe is yetamongft the defiderata of fcience; and the difficulty of obtaining it is ftillincreafed by the great variety to which the fpecles are fometimes this the animal figure
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