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RED-HEADED MANGABki. 



in large ones. True marmosets are the smallest of American 

 primates, being next in size to the Tarsier, of Borneo, small- 

 est of all quadrumanes. 



The Lemurs and Lemuroids. A Lemur is a monkey-like 

 animal belonging to the lowest group of primates, but in 

 some respects is so little like a typical monkey that the rela- 

 tionship is not always apparent. There are about thirty 

 species, and all save a very few are found on the Island of 

 Madagascar. They are gentle-spirited, harmless and in- 

 offensive animals, and not being persecuted by their human 

 neighbors, as all American wild animals are, they are quite 

 numerous. 



Nearly all of the Lemurs have long tails, long and fine 

 hair, large eyes and pointed muzzles. Many of them are 

 strikingly colored in various shades of black, white and 

 gray. All Lemurs are supposed to be of nocturnal habit, and 

 in fact they really are ; but the specimens in the large jungle 

 cage of the Primate House are quite as lively and interest- 

 ing in the daytime as most of the monkeys. So far from 



