CLASSIFICATION 



G59 



Cliotii 



Tamil ml ti'i li-trail'ii-lylii ('/ 



Fig. 387. Edentata. 

 (A and B, after Vogt and Specht ; C, from Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871.) 



Order VI. Primates. Mostly tree-inhabiting animals with 

 nails on fingers and toes instead ofc claws or hoofs. The monkeys which 

 are to be included under this heading are divided into Platyrrhine 

 (broad-nostril) and Catarrhine (narrow-nostril) groups. The former 

 are peculiar to the New World and the latter to the Old World. The 

 higher apes belong to the Old World group. New World monkeys 

 have a prehensile tail (Fig. 3-8) while no Old World monkeys possess 



C'cbus h ifi>oli'ncnn 

 ( wli \le-t 



Fig. 388. 



Note the prehensile tail so characteristic 

 of New World Monkeys. 



