Order PEIMATES. 



(Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs.) 



The form is more or less human-like, with a tendency 

 in the animal to assume an upright position. Body 

 covered with hair. Feet hand-like in shape ; as a rule, 

 five digits to each foot both hands and feet forming 

 grasping organs, the big toe being opposable to the other 

 toes, a feature man has lost. The collar-bone is well 

 developed, and the sockets of ; the eyes are completely 

 surrounded by a bony ring. The mammae are thoracic 

 and two in number. 



Of the man-like Apes (Simiidae) South Africa possesses 

 no representative. 



Family CEKCOPITHECID^E. 



This family includes the Old World Monkeys and 

 Baboons, which are quadrupedal and possess naked 

 patches of hard skin on the buttocks termed " cal- 

 losities." The number of teeth is the same as in the 

 man-like Apes, viz., 32, but differing from those of the 

 Simiidae by the two-ridged character of the molars. 

 Dentition : Incisors 2-2, canines 1-1, pre-molars 2-2, and 

 molars 3-3. Tail not prehensile. 



Cercopithecus pygerythrus. Vervet Monkey. Blaauwaap. 



(Also called the. Grey Monkey and the Natal Monkey 

 by the Colonials.) 



Description : Above of a grizzly greenish-grey colour 

 greyer in some individuals, darker in others. The hairs 

 are ringed alternately with black and white or black 



