CONTENTS. 



MAMMALIA. 



CHAPTER I. 



Inanimate and Animated Nature (i) — The Mineral (i), Vegetable (2), and Animal (3) King 

 doms — Classification of Animals (4) — The Vertebrates (4) — Classes of Vertebrates (,5). 



CHAPTER II. 



The Class Mammalia (6) — General Characteristics (7) — The " Dental Formula " (8) — Divi 

 sion into Orders (13). 



QUADRUMANA. 



CHAPTER III. 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. 



The General Characteristics of Quadrumana (17) — Their Habits in their Native Haunts 'i3) 

 — Their Gregarious Disposition (20) — Division of the Quadrumana (22). 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE ANTHROPOID APES. 



The African Division (23) — The Genus Troglodytes (23) — The Gorilla (23) — The Chimpanzeb 

 (27) — The Asiatic Division (32) — The Genus Simla (32)— Orang-Outan (32) — The Genus Hylo. 

 bates or Gibbon (35). 



CHAPTER V. 



THE OLD WORLD MONKEYS. 



The Long-tailed Monkeys (41) — The Genus Semnopithecus (41)— The Proboscis Monkey 

 (44) — The Douc (45) — The Genus Colobus (45) — The Guereza (45). 



CHAPTER VI. 



BABOONS AND MACAQUES. 



The Family Cynopithecidae (47)— The Genus Myiopithecus or Talapoin (47)— The Genus 

 Cercopithecus (47) — The Guenons (51) — The Genus Cercocebus or Mangabeys (52) — The Genus 

 Theropithecus or Gelada (53) — The Genus Cynocephalus or Baboon (54) — The Baboon Proper 

 (56)— The Chacma (58)— Its Use m Finding Water (58)— The Sphinx (60)— The Hamadryad (61) 

 — Its Pugnacious Disposition (6x) — Disgusting Character of the Mandrill and Drill (62). 



