MAN AND APES. 9 



beasts). S.Rodentia (mice, squirrels, hares, &c). 



10. Insectivora (moles, hedgehogs, shrews, &c). 



11. Cheiroptera (bats). 12. Primates. 



The order Primates contains man (zoo- 

 logically considered) and all the apes and 

 Lemurs ; and it is subdivided into two great 

 groups, or sub-orders. The first of these 

 contains man and the creatures most like him 

 (the apes), on which account it has been called 

 Anihrqpoidea. The second sub-order contains 

 the Lemurs proper and the animals most like 

 them, on which account it has been called 

 Lemuroidea, the creatures contained in it 

 when spoken of being generally also termed 

 " Half-apes " or " Lemuroids" 



The animals contained in these two sub- 

 orders are exceedingly different, respectively, 

 in structure, and there can be no question but 

 that the anatomical differences between man 

 and the lowest apes are very much less than 

 those which distinguish the lowest apes from 

 the highest of the half-apes. 



The Anihrqpoidea may conveniently be 



