Account of the Simia syndactyla, or Ungka ape of Sumatra; the anatomy of its larynx / [George Bennett].

  • Bennett, George, 1804-1893
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[1832]
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Credit: Account of the Simia syndactyla, or Ungka ape of Sumatra; the anatomy of its larynx / [George Bennett]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / vt Account of the Simla syndactyla, or UngJca Ape of Sumatra ; the Anatomy of its Larynx, Sec. See. By George Bennett, Esq. F.L.S. M.R.C.S. &c. &c. (From the Magazine of Natural History.) During a visit to the Island of Singapore, on the 13th of November, 1830, a male specimen of this interesting animal was presented to me by E. Boustead, Esq., a mercantile gentleman resident at that island, and who evinced a great and laudable desire of forwarding pursuits of natural history. The animal had been recently brought by a Malay lad from the Menang- kabau country, in the interior of Sumatra. The Malays at Singapore called this animal the Ungka; by Sir Stamford Raffles it has been stated as being called the Siamang among the natives; and the Ungka ape is described by F. Cuvier as the Onko, in his splendid work on theMammalia, plates v. and vi. On making enquiry among the Malays at Singapore, they denied this animal being the Siamang, at the same time stating that the Siamang resembled it in form, but differed in having the eyebrows and hair around the face of a white colour. The *Slmia syndactyla is described and figured in Dr. Horsfield’s Zoology of Jam; but the engraving does not give a correct idea of the animal. The following sketches (fgs. 42, 43, 44.) are taken from drawings made by Charles Landseer, A