DEEMATOGLYPHICS IN PRIMATES 



and the identifying number of each specimen, or figure number 

 and reference if from the literature; it states whether the 

 member is right or left, and includes identifications of the 

 hands and feet here illustrated. 



Elliot's "A review of the primates" ('13) is adopted as 

 the guide to taxonomy. Though we are well aware of its 

 imperfections (see, for example, Yerkes and Yerkes, '29; 

 Zuckerman and Fulton, '34), conformity to the Elliot classi- 

 fication and terminology seemed desirable. Being as it is the 

 standard generally followed by others, a large share of the 

 original material had been identified by reference to this 



Table 1 



Humbers of Hands and Feet Observed, Including" Examples Illustrated in the 

 Literature as well as Original Material 



work. For records in the literature named otherwise than 

 according to Elliot, synonomies were determined from the 

 lists in the Elliot review. 



For the most part the specimens were examined in a pre- 

 served state, the preservation being chiefly in formalin. The 

 ideal method of recording dermatoglyphics is in the form of 



