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The Chimpansee. 



The section Quadrumana includes the Apes, Baboons, and Monkeys. The name of Quadrumana is given 

 to these animals because, in addition to two hands like those of man, their feet are also formed like hands, 

 and are capable of grasping the branches among which most monkeys pass their lives. 



The Chimpansee^sMffil the Orang-outan have been confounded together by the older naturalists, whose error 

 has been repeated even to the present time. That they are really distinct animals a glance at the skull of 

 each will at once prove. The Chimpansee is a native of Western Africa, and is tolerably common on the 

 hanks of the Gambia and in Congo. 



Large bands of these formidable apes congregate together, and unite in repelling an invader, which they 



do with such fury and courage that even the dreaded elephant and lion are driven from their haunts by 



their united efforts. They live principally on the ground, and, as their name imports, spend much of their 



time in caves or under rocks. 



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Their height is from four to five feet. 



