Identifier: chamberssencyclo07phil (find matches)
Title: Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people
Year: 1871 (1870s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Company Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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e as in man,and there are a few other i)articulars in whichthe 0. more nearly resembles a human being thanany of the African apes do. The projectingmuzzle is much less notable in the young than inthe adult 0., aud the asjiect of the adult males iafurther rendered hideous l)y great callosities on thecheeks. In the adult state, the ridges of the skidlalso greatly increase in thickness and prominence. The species of this genus exhibit in a muchgreater degree than those of Troglodytes an ana-tomical character common also to many other apesand monkeys, a jjoucIi in the throat, opening fromthe windpipe, and capable of being dilated with airat the pleasure of the animal. In the O., it branchesinto sevei-al subordinate pouches, which are situatedamong the muscles of the throat. The use of thisorgan is not known. It does not ajjpear to haveany connection with the voice; and has beensupposed, not very probably, to be of some service inleaping, by diminislung the specific gravity of the ani-mal.
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V..1. VII., page 92. OURANG OUTANG. ORANGE. Tliere are at least two other species of the genusbesides that best known as the O., one of thesebeing the great Pongo (q. v.) of Borneo (S. or P.Wo7-)nbii), and the other (S. or P. morin), also anative of Borneo, of comparatively small size. Thenatural history of these apes has not been thoroiii,dilyinvestigated ; and, until recently, it was sujiposedthat the s))ecies first known might be identical withthe great a))e believed to exist in the woods, andthat the differences of size and other charactersmight depend merely on age. The 0. is about threefeet in length from the heel to the crown of thehead. It is covered with brownish-red hair, which,on the back and arms, is hve or six inches long, butvery sliort on the backs of the hands and feet.There is little hair on the face, and none on thepalms of the hands. Wlien taken young, it is easilytamed, and becomes sufficiently familiar. It displaysconsiderable sagacit), and some playfulness andlov

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