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The Old "World monkeys, family Cercopithecidae, have narrow 

 high-ridged noses. Some have 'long tails, others have short tails. 

 Certain of them are almost bipedal. Most of them have heavy cal- 

 louses on the hips which are used as cushions while sitting. Some of 



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them have cheek pouches. With the exception of the Barbaiy ape, 

 Macaca sylvana, of the Rock of Gibraltar, this entire family is con- 

 fined to Africa and India. The baboon, of genus Cynocephalus, a 

 doglike monkey with a short tail, lives in central Africa. The man- 

 drill, drill, and macaque monkeys are others in this group. 



