Orang-Utan

Alfred Russel Wallace, one of the most well-traveled men of his day, wrote of Borobudur in 1869, in "The Malay Archipelago" (a book usually cited minus its melodious subtitle, "The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise"): "The amount of human labor and skill expended on the Great Pyramids of Egypt sinks into insignificance compared with that required to complete this sculptured hill-temple in the interior of Java."

Borobudur, Path to Enlightenment 2008

"On the Structure of the Skull of Man, the Gorilla, the Chimpanzee, and the Orang-Utan, during the period of the first dentition" "Proceedings of the Zoological Society" (1864) page 586.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896

The Orang-Utan is mentally next to the chimpanzee.

The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895

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The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895

The Orang-Utan would rarely seem to exceed four feet in height, but the body is very bulky, measuring two thirds of the height in circumference.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

Orang-Utan becomes capable of propagation, and how long the females go with young is unknown, but it is probable that they are not adult until they arrive at ten or fifteen years of age.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

Although, when taken young, the Orang-Utan soon becomes domesticated, and indeed seems to court human society; it is naturally a very wild and shy animal, though apparently sluggish and melancholy.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

The Orang-Utan is found only in Sumatra and Borneo, and is common in either of these islands -- in both of which it occurs always in low, flat plains, never in the mountains.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

In Borneo, the Orang-Utan of the Malays goes by the name of "_Mias_" among the Dyaks, who distinguish several kinds as _Mias Pappan_, or

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

The Malay Archipelago: the Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of

Our Italy Charles Dudley Warner 1864