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BRITISH QUABRUPEBSv 



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PRIMATES. 



Bats. 



_l HE primates are inhabitants chiefly of hot climates. 

 Apes, Lemurs, and Bats, are the principal tribes ; and of 

 these, only a few species of the latter are natives of the 

 British islands. 



They have all three kinds of teeth in each jaw ; namely, 

 four front-teeth or incisors, two canine-teeth, and several 

 grinders. On their feet they have nails or claws. Their 

 liver is divided into lobes, and they are each supi lied 

 with a gall-bladder, and a thin spleen. The females 

 have usually only two teats, which are situated on the 

 breast : some of the Bats, however, have four, two on the 

 breast, and two on the belly. The clavicles, or collar, 

 bones, and the pectoral muscles of the latter, are peculiarly 

 large and strong: none of them have any caecum. 



C4 FERJS. 



