CLASS MAMMALIA* 



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Flo. 466. 



passes the day in sleep, and only comes forth at night 

 to search for food, when it is very noisy. The male is 

 of a deep black color, 

 though the female may 

 be marked with white. 



The second division, 

 Anthropoidca, includes the 

 higher quadrumana those 

 which have the- cerebral 

 hemispheres extending 

 posteriorly to a greater or 

 less extent, and the eye-sockets surrounded with a com- 

 plete ring of bone. 



The Marmoset (mar'mo zet)* has not 



Lemur maclco. Ruffled Lemur. 



i FIG. 4(i7. 



Hap' die jac'chus. Marmoset. 



the power of 

 freely moving its 

 thumb; and as the 

 other digits, with 

 the exception of 

 the first toe, are ter- 

 minated with claws, 

 its mode of progres- 

 sion is much like 

 that of the squir- 

 rels. Its food is not 

 grasped by the fin- 

 gers, but held be- 

 tween the fore 

 paws. Several spe- 

 cies are recognized 



by Naturalists, all inhabiting South America. 



* This little creature is only six or eight inches in length, and a century ago 

 was held in great estimation as a pet by ladies of quality. So great is its fond- 

 ness for insects, that it has been known to tear out their pictures from a book. 



