MAMMALS 



The baboons, of which there are about sixteen species, are 

 among the largest members of the family. They are bad 

 tempered, always ready for a fight, and, as they usually travel 

 in small companies, they make very formidable foes. 



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FIG. 136. "Bob," a monkey of the genus Cercopithecus. (Photograph 

 by D. S. Jordan.) 



The family Simiida, includes the anthropoid apes, namely, the 

 gibbon, orang-utan, chimpanzee and gorilla. The gibbons are 

 small, long-armed and arboreal. About six species are found 

 in the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. The orang- 



