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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    Esq., from the original, which is now deposited in the British Museum. The object of this communication is to relate the habits of the animal as observed on board the ship Sophia during the passage to England. The measurement of the animal was as follows : — From the os calcis to the vertex of the head, 2 ft. 4 in.; span of the arms, 4 ft.; length of the arm, from the axilla to the termination of the fore finger, 1 ft. ] OJ in.; length of the leg, from the groin to the os calcis, 11 in.; length from the xiphoid or ensiform cartilage to the crest of the pubis, 7\ in. The teeth are twelve in each jaw; four incisors, two canine, and six molares : in the upper jaw the canine were placed widely apart from the last incisor, giving an appearance as if 42 a tooth was deficient: this did not occur in the lower jaw. The teeth of the animal were in very bad con¬ dition. The colour of the animal is en¬ tirely black, being covered with stiff hair of a beautiful jet black over the whole body; the face has no hair, except on the sides as whiskers, and the hair stands forward from the forehead over the eyes; there is little beard. The skin of the face is black; the arms are very long, the radius and ulna be- ing of greater length than the os humeri; the hair on the arm runs in one direc¬ tion, viz. downwards, that on the forearm upwards; the hands are long and narrow, fingers long and tapering; thumb short, not reaching farther than the first joint of the fore finger; the palms of the hands