MAMMALS 



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and man 



Photograph by E. R. Sanborn, N. Y . Zool. boc. 



FIG. 185. Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) ; Southern Texas 

 and southward. 



their mode of reproduction ; a single fertilized 

 egg gives rise to several individuals, an ex- 

 aggeration of twinning known as polyembryony. 

 (/) Primates. Lemurs, monkeys, and man ; mostly Monkeys 

 tree-inhabiting 

 animals, with 

 nails on the 

 fingers and toes, 

 instead of claws 

 or hoofs. The 

 lemurs today 

 principally in- 

 habit Madagas- 

 car, but primi- 

 tive species once 

 existed in North 

 America, as 

 shown by their 

 fossil remains. 

 The monkeys 

 are divided into 



the Platyrrhine 

 (broad-nostril) 

 and Catarrhine 



Photograph by E. R. Sanborn, 

 N. Y. Zool. Soc. 



FIG. 186. Lemur (Lemur -oarius) ; 

 Madagascar. 



