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Fi«;. 2H3. — Bnhy nrnnR-utan. 

 (Krojn life.) 



for their very loiiic arms and 



erect posture; Siamutu/a syudur- 



ti/la, the sianiaii^^; Simia sati/rws, 



tlie oran«i:-iitan ; Pan (jorilla, 



the jj;orilla, soiiietinies rallcil 



Troglodi/tcs (/orilla (tliou«;li (he 



name Trogloch/tcs \\a.s first iiseil 



for the wren); and the cliim- 



panzees, Ayithropithcrus iiif/rnind 



calvus. Of these the gorilla is 



physically the strongest. ll 



reaches a height of five feet 



and a weiglit of 200 pounds. 



The chimpanzee, smaller and 



more amia])le in dispf)sition, 



most suggests man in appear- 

 ance, although tlie gorilla is 



structurally most like him. 



The Older of primates lias heen \ariously (•la.»<.<^ified. It i.s 



conveniently divided into five principal groups: (n) the lemurs 



(including Lemuri(Ue, Clieiromyi(he. (laleopitlu'cida*. and still 



more generalized ex- 

 tinct forms) ; (h) the 

 I'latyrrhine or New- 

 World monkeys 

 (Cehida* and Arcto- 

 pithecid:e or Mar- 

 mosets; (r) the 

 f'atarrhiiie or Old- 

 Work 1 monkeys and 

 baboons ((Vrropi- 

 thecida-); (</) the 

 nntliro|)oid apes 

 (Simii(hiO : and (r) 

 Tnrin f^IIoinini«la'). 



1. lemurs of 

 Madagjurar arc the 

 most primitive. 

 Like other primate* 

 they have flat n 



nnd nn OT'iivi?:. 



TiQ. 284. — I^rour, furcifir. 



(.\fter Ritjcm* Bo».) 



