SYNOPSIS. 



ORDER I. QUADRUMANA.* 



Character of Order. Teeth of three kinds, incisor, canine, and 

 molar, -f- Four extremities furnished with long and flexible 

 hands, having opposahle thumbs, chiefly formed for grasping. 

 Clavicles complete. Bones of the limbs separate, and capable 

 of pronation and supination. Pectoral mammae, two or four. 

 The orbital and 1*4 rq oral fossae dVin x. The stomach, simple. 

 Food, fruits, roots, and insects. Habits, chiefly arboreal, living 

 in forests or craggy precipices. Native countries, the warm 

 parts of Africa, India, and America.:}: Contains two great 

 families, Simiada: and LemuridtB. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE 

 I. FAM. SIMIAD&. Four incisive teeth in each jaw opposed. 

 Nose, more or less prominent. Pectoral mammae, generally 

 two. (Two sub-families.) 



1. SUB. FAM. SIMI.B CATARRHINI, Monkeys of the Old World. 

 Number of teeth 32. Molar teeth, five on each side, crowned 

 with blunt tubercles. Nostrils separated by a very narrow 

 division. The tail never prehensile. "With or without cheek- 

 pouches and callosities. Inhabit the old world only. 



This is the second order of most zoologists. 

 t The Aye-aye, (Cheiromyt, Ctovier,) alone wants the canine teeth. 

 t Barbary ape, (Inuus, Cuvier,) alone reaches the southern border of 

 Europe. 



