'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] olive green = Polystomella ambigua

= Polystomella ambigua

by Nathaniel Matthew Wolfe (1724-1784)

'Gaul to the New Caesar'

a razor in the other and carrying a shaving dish under one arm

'Pithecus satyrus' [Orangutan] olive green = Polystomella ambiguaZoological study of an orang utan, possibly the Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus shown from the front, seated and indicating towards a half eaten fruit placed on the ground. A mountainous forest landscape is visible behind. Plate 2* from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. 1. Referred to in the text as 'The red or asiatic orang utang'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 2*.