MAN, is ranked by Linnæus under the order of primates; and characterised by having four parallel foreteeth both in the upper and lower jaw, and two mammae on the breast. The species, according to this author, are two, viz. the homo sapiens, and the homo troglodytes.

He subdivides the homo sapiens into five varieties, viz. the American, the European, the Asiatic, the African, and what he calls the mongolious. See MAN.

The troglodytes, or orang outang, is a native of Ethiopia, Java, and Amboina. His body is white; he walks erect; and is about one-half the ordinary human size. He generally lives about 25 years. He conceals himself in caves during the day, and searches for his prey in the night. He is said to be exceedingly sagacious, but is not endowed with the faculty of speech. See TROGLODYTES, SIMIA, and COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, p. 257, col. 2.