QUADRUMANA : CATAKKHINE MONKEYS. 



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The Quadrumana are seliish, crafty, malicious, and thiev- 

 ish. Some species are docile, and can be trained to per- 



FIG. 70. 



Orang-Outang, Simia satyrus, Linnseus. 



form remarkable feats; but none have ever been trained 

 to render really useful service for man. They inhabit the 

 warm regions of both hemispheres. 



All the Quadrumana of the Eastern hemisphere, except 

 the Lemuroidea (page 78), are called CATARRHINE mon- 

 keys, from the position of their nostrils, which are oblique 

 and placed near together. This term comes from two 



