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with canine teeth comparable to those of the most powerful Carnivora. 

 The wounds, therefore, says M. Paul Gervais, which they inflict, 

 either in defence, or, as is more customary with them, in attack, are 

 deep, and consequently very dangerous. These apes are fiercer in 

 disposition than the Macaucos, and inspire so much fear when grown 



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up that one of their species is popularly known by the expressive 

 name of the " Man-Tiger." 



We must not confound the Cynocephali with the Cynopitheci, an 

 intermediate genus between the Apes and the Macaucos, which con- 

 nects both the former and the latter with the Anthropomorphes. 

 The Cynopitheci have no tail ; their face is moderately elongated ; 

 their ears are round and rimmed. The type-species of this genus is 



