The name means "short person". In the forests of southern Sumatra, it belonged to a small upright primate of local folklore, called the sedapa in the Palembang region. In 1917 Resident L. C. Westenenk gathered reports from Dutch residents and Rejang villagers, including Oostingh's encounter at Bukit Kaba. In 1923 J. van Herwaarden described one in a tree at Poeloe Rimau, insisting its face was not at all apelike. Then 1994. Debbie Martyr saw one in Kerinci Seblat National Park. Explanations have ranged from old gibbons to orangutans, sun bear tracks and a large siamang.
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