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Show 1904.] ANTHROPOID APES. 42 1 Text-fig. 104. Skull of Gorilla beringeri Matschie. however, can we prove that Linnaeus's Simia satyrus is really a Chimpanzee, but we can even distinguish the exact race to which the name applies, for Tulp's description and figure show an ape the hair of which is not parted in the centre of the head, and with a short thick beard clothing the cheeks and leaving the chin bare. These characteristics are found in the Chimpanzees from the coast-lands of the South Camaroons and the Gaboon and Ogowe districts. It is therefore necessary to adopt the name of /Simia L. for the genus of the Chimpanzees, and the famous " Tschego " proves to be the veritable Simia satyrus. According to Palmer, on the other hand, we have the following generic terms for the Orang-Outan or Maias :- Satyrus Lesson, 1799; Pongo Lacepede, 1799; Pithecus G. Cuvier, 1800; Lophotus G. Fischer, 1813; Faunus Oken, 1816; Macrobates Billberg, 1828; and Brachiopithecus Senechal, 1839. As Satyrus of Lesson and Pongo of Lacepkle are of equal date, I think we must adopt, as the least confusing name, Pongo of Lacepede, and therefore the correct name of the Orang-Outans as a group is Pongo pygmceus (Linn.). Professor Matschie, in his article on the Chimpanzees, Sitz. Ges. |