THE MAMMALS 



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The lemurs are the most primitive of the primates. They are timid 

 little animals found in tropical jungles, that look something like a cross 

 between a cat and a monkey. Some of them bear a claw instead of a nail 

 on the second finger. 



Many tropical regions of the world have swarms of monkeys filling 

 the trees. The monkeys of the new world often use the tail as a fifth 

 leg and can swing from a tree by the tail just as they can by their legs 



Photo by Winchester 



Fig. 28.29. Mother gibbon and baby. Young apes are born with a strong clinging 

 instinct that enables them to hold to the mother while she swings from limb to limb 



in the jungle. 



or arms. One of the New World monkeys is familiar as the cute, some- 

 what timid, little capuchin monkey that accompanies the organ grinder. 

 These monkeys can be taught to do many tricks that usually bring them 

 coins as a reward. The Old World monkeys are built more stockily 

 then the slender New World monkeys and have a large calloused pad 

 on which they sit. The rhesus monkey is the best known of this group. 

 This monkey came into prominence recently when it was discovered that 

 about 85 per cent of the people have a factor in their blood that is found 



