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VERTEBRATES : MAMMALS. 



MONKEYS OR QUADRUMANA. 



Monkeys are animals whose four feet are hand-like, 

 and hence their scientific name, Quadrumana, which 

 means four-handed. But though these hands are well 



Fig. 34. Chimpanzee. 



adapted for grasping and climbing, they are much infe- 

 rior to the perfect hand of Man. Some kinds can stand 

 upright, but not firmly, for the soles of their feet nearly 

 face each other, and cannot be brought flat to the ground 



