10 MAN AND APES. 



spoken of as man and apes, but structurally 

 the group is divisible into three families* the 

 first of which (Hominidce) contains man only 

 (Homo). 



The apes may be classed in two families 

 (which, however, scarcely differ so much from 

 each other as do the apes, as a whole, from 

 man), which are as neatly distinguished by 

 geographical distribution as by structural 

 differences. 



The first of these two ape families is termed 

 Simiadce, and is made up of the apes of the 

 Old World. These are, in fact, almost confined 

 to Africa and Southern Asia, the Rock of 

 Gibraltar and Japan being the northern limits 

 of the group. 



The second ape family is called Cebidce, and 

 is exclusively confined to Tropical America. 



* Orders (or sub-orders) are always in zoology sub- 

 divided into smaller groups, each of which is termed a 

 family, and each family is again sub-divided into smaller 

 and more subordinate groups termed genera. Each genera 

 finally is made up of one, few, or many species, as the 

 case may be. 



