36 MONKEY FAMILY. 



MONKEYS OF THE OLD CONTINENT. 



8. These animals are quite numerous, and, in their organiza- 

 tion, seem to form a series, which leads by degrees from man to 

 common quadrupeds : the position of their bodies, almost verti- 

 cal in some, becomes in others entirely horizontal, their muzzle is 

 elongated, and we remark at the same time, their passions be- 

 come, proportionably, more and more violent and brutal. 



9. The principal genera, composing the tribe of monkeys of 

 the old world, may be recognised by the following characters. 





MONKEYS OF THE OLD CONTINENT. 



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8. What is remarked of monkeys of the old continent ? 



9. What are the principal genera of the monkeys of the old continent? 

 What are ihe chief distinguishing characters of the Ourangs ? How do the 

 Gibbons differ from the Ourangs ? What are the distinguishing characters 

 of the Guenons ? How does the Semnopithecus differ from them ? Whai 

 characterises the Macacus ? How do you distinguish the Cynocephalus from 

 other monkeys ? 



