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VERTEBRATES : MAMMALS. 



t6 - vastly inferior to the 



perfect hand of Man 

 indelicate structure 

 and functions. In 

 many species the 

 face presents some- 

 thing human -like 

 in appearance ; but 

 the elongated muz- 

 zle in most cases 

 reminds us rather 

 of the quadrupeds. 

 The Ouadrumana 

 are generally self- 

 ish, crafty, mali- 

 cious, and thievish. 

 Many species are 

 docile, and can be 

 trained to perform 

 remarkable feats ; 

 but none have ever 

 been trained to ren- 

 der useful service 

 for man. They in- 

 habit the warm re- 

 gions of both hemi- 

 spheres, and are most numerous on the wooded table- 

 lands. They may be divided into three families, the 

 Simiadse, or Simiae catarrhinas, comprising all the true 

 monkeys of the Eastern Hemisphere ; the Cebidae, or 

 Simiae platyrrhinae, comprising all the monkeys of Amer- 

 ica ; and the Lemuridae, comprising monkey-like animals, 

 which are known under the name of Makis, and which 

 are found most numerous in Madagascar. 



SIMIAD/E, OR OLD-WORLD MONKEYS. The Old- World 



Chimpanzee, T. niger, Geoff. 



