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no similar uniformity of condition. In the 

 most man-like apes it is relatively much 

 smaller than in man, and the Lemurs are 

 more mau-like than the apes in the develop- 

 ment of this member. 



As we liave seen, the latisternal apes are, 

 like man, devoid of a tail. A similar resem- 

 blance is, however, presented by much lower 

 forms, as e.g., by the ape of Gibraltar, 

 and even in the Slender Lemur {Loins) 

 (Pig. 39). 



As we descend from man, when we first 

 encounter a tail at all, we find it at almost its 

 maximum of development in the whole order, 

 for such is its condition in the Semnopithecince. 

 Short /tails exist in the most varied forms 

 from Macacus to Arctocebus ; but a prehensile 

 tail is found nowhere in the order Primates, 

 save amongst the genera of the American 

 continent. 



The commoner monkeys of the Old World 

 (the Cynopithecince) have the cheeks peculiarly 

 distensible, serving as pockets. In so far as 



