36 CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



said that he constructs for himself a hut with the foliage and 

 branches of trees ; but he probably does little more than pro- 

 vide, in this way, a very rude shelter for himself against rain 

 and storms. 



The Pongo is probably the largest of the animals of this 

 order, and is a formidable and ferocious creature. He inhabits 

 the island of Borneo, and is, from the structure of his poste- 

 rior limbs, as well able to support himself in the erect posture, 

 as the ourangoutang or chimpanze. His history has been 

 confounded with that of those animals, and his character and 

 many of his habits have been attributed to them. 



But he is, in fact, very different in some important particu- 

 lars, as the shape of his head approaches that of quadrupeds, 

 and his muzzle or snout is very long and projecting. 



One of the most remarkable species among the baboons, is 

 the great gray baboon, inhabiting Arabia and some parts of 

 Africa. He is more than five feet in height, and is very fero- 

 cious. His head and shoulders are covered with a long 

 growth of gray hair, which has the appearance of a large full- 

 bottomed periwig, and, combined with the gravity of his coun- 

 tenance, gives him a singular and grotesque appearance. He 

 is called, by the French naturalists, Papion a perruque. 



A few of the American monkeys, or Sapajous, are furnished 

 with a pouch or bladder connected with the wind-pipe, 

 which gives to their voice an enormous volume and a tremen- 

 dous tone. They are called, from this circumstance, Howler 

 monkeys. 



Some of the smaller and more inoffensive species of the 

 duadrumana are playful, peaceable, and amusing little animals ; 

 but in general they are a noisy, chattering, mischievous race, 

 whose distorted resemblance to the human face and figure 

 only renders them hideous and disgusting. 



III. Carnivora. This order includes a great number and 

 a great variety of animals. They are furnished with the 

 three kinds of teeth, but these differ more or less in shape 

 from those of man and the monkeys, so as to be adapted for 

 the mastication of animal food, upon which they subsist, 

 either in part or altogether. They are subdivided into several 

 tribes or families, accordingly as they are more or less carniv- 

 oroas. In some of these tribes the molares are very sharp 

 and cutting, and thus indicate that the animal feeds entirely 

 upon flesh ; in others, they are broader, being adapted partly 

 for the mastication of vegetable food ; and in others, they 

 are armed with a number of points or cones, which are fitted for 



