24 CLASS-BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. 



SECTION V. 



2d Order — Four-handed Mammalia : ( Quadrumana.) 



§ 31. Quadrumana are all those mammalia, the fore as 

 well as the hind feet of which are formed like the hands 

 of man, having each a thumb and four fingers with fiat 

 nails ; as orang-outangs, baboons, guenons, monkeys, 

 and makies. 



§ 32. Quadrumana approach the nearest to man in 

 structure, actions, and forms ; but they are deprived of 

 the organs of speech, and are unable to stand and walk 

 easily upright on account of the flatness of their hips. 



§ 33. They are natives of the countries only between 

 the tropics ; and are generally herbivorous ; but when do- 

 mesticated, omnivorous. 



§ 34. The use of them to man is their flesh, which in 

 some countries is eaten ; their skin as leather, and their 

 exhibition in menageries as a curiosity. 



§ 35. They may be divided, according to their external 

 forms, into five distinct families, viz : 



1. Tailless apes ; 2. Short-tailed apes or baboons ; 3. 

 Long-tailed apes or guenons ; 4. Monkeys ; and 5. Cat- 

 like or makies. 



§ 36. Family I. The Tailless Ape (Simia) resembles 

 man the most, and inhabits the tropics of Asia and Africa. 



§ 37. Family II. The Short-tailed Ape (Cynocephalus) 

 is an ape with a very short tail, and a dog-like face. He 

 inhabits the tropics of the Old Continent. 



§ 38. Family III. The Long-tailed Ape. or Guenon, 

 (Cerropithecus) is provided with cheek-pouches, which 

 he can fill with provisions ; and with a very long but not 

 prehensile* tail. He is a native of the tropics of Asia and 

 Africa. 



§ 39. Family IV. The Monkey (Cebus) is destitute of 

 cheek-pouches, but is provided with a long prehensile 



* Seizing ; grasping ; adapted to seize or grasp. 



