82 MAN AND APES. 



Royal College of Surgeons. The Aye-Aye 

 is said to live on grubs which infest trees 

 beneath the bark. The Tarsier and the Aye- 

 Aye are the two animals which depart most 

 widely from the general type of organization 

 prevalent in the order Primates. 



Thus it becomes evident that the position 

 of the Gorilla is in the African group, of 

 the latisternal. sub-family, of the Old World 

 ape family, of the Anthropoid division of the 

 order Primates. This is the answer to the 

 first of the three questions proposed. 



The various groups of Primates may be 

 tabulated as follows : — 



