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Definition of Simia satyrus

Simia satyrus
Orang-outang O*rang"-ou*tang`, n. [Malayan ?rang ?tan, i. e., man of the woods; ?rang man + ?tan a forest, wood, wild, savage.] (Zo["o]l.) An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. [Written also orang-outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and oran-utan.] Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many respects.

Meaning of Simia satyrus from wikipedia

- on Zoological Nomenclature (1929). "Opinion 114. Under suspension Simia, Simia satyrus and Pithecus are suppressed". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections...
- Systema Naturae of Carl Linnaeus as Homo troglodytes.: 20  It was renamed Simia pygmaeus in 1760 by his student Christian Emmanuel Hopp and given the name...
- medieval bestiaries Satyrus (butterfly), a genus of butterflies Satyrus, one of three Short Kent aircraft that were built Satyr Simia satyrus, the original...
- the notable zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1799. Its original name was Simia satyrus, meaning "satyr monkey", but was changed when scientists discovered...
- animal skins. Linnaeus named the orangutan Simia satyrus ("satyr monkey"). He placed the three genera Homo, Simia and Lemur in the order of Primates. The...
- classical Gr**** satyrs. The first scientific name given to this ape was Simia satyrus. Relationships between satyrs and nymphs of this period are often portra****...
- on orangutans Simia Simia satyrus – common chimpanzee and Bornean orangutan Simia sylv**** – Barbary macaque Simia sphinx – mandrill Simia apedia – nomen...
- the xingxing or shengsheng, which Read identifies as the "orangutan, Simia satyrus", records, Li ****hen: An orangutan can talk and knows about the ****ure...
- as the first to include humans (Homo) taxonomically grouped with apes (Simia), under the header of Anthropomorpha. German biologist Ernst Haeckel speaking...
- first edition of his book Systema Naturae (1735) for genera Homo (humans), Simia (monkeys and apes in general) and Bradypus (sloths). The taxon is notable...