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so largely developed in man, cannot act on the leg with 

 equal power, and hence these animals cannot keep upright 

 long, but soon seek the aid of some friendly branch as a 

 walking-stick, or, failing this, are compelled to walk on 

 their feet and knuckles. 



Ouadrumana may be divided into 



SIMIAD^E, 



CEBID/E, AND 

 LEMURID/E. 



The Simiad.83 include Apes, Monkeys, and Baboons 

 of the Old World. These are omnivorous, and have the 

 same teeth as man. 



The Cebidse arc the Monkeys (Fig. 47) of the New 

 World, and these have usually an extra molar tooth on 

 each side, making thirty-six in all. 



The Lemurid.83 are confined principally to Mada- 

 gascar. In most of these the teeth are irregular in their 

 number, and they have a claw on their first finger. 



Apes are known by their having neither tails nor cheek- 

 pouches. Some have hard patches, called callosities, on 

 their hinder limbs ; others are without these. 



Monkeys have cheek-pouches, callosities, and long 

 tails, and habitually walk on all four feet, using their tail 

 as a balancing pole. 



Baboons are distinguished from apes by their cheek- 

 pouches and callosities, and differ from monkeys in their 

 extremely short tail. 



BIMANA, OR TWO-HANDED MAMMALS. 



OF the class Bimana, man is the only representative, as 

 he is the type of all that is perfect in creation, endowed 

 with the power of speech, and all other gifts calculated to 

 fit him not only for a life on earth, but with mental and 



