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an_anthropoid ¥ an an ape 1 found in the forest a of ge ye! and Malacca, Its body and are r covered with reddish-brown hair, and, 1 when standing, ite arms extend nearly to 1, the ankles. When full grown it attains - a height of from 4 to 6 feet. Fruit forms, its principal cot te, it builds a rough nest or hut among the, branches of trees. When taken young { it is almost as docile as the pam ay > though inferior to the latter in | [s. 229]