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in number, as in the highest of the Apes and in Man. 

 Like the Lemurs, these animals are thickly furred, 

 their whole aspect being that of the ti/pes of their 

 group. For these reasons it see^s justifiable to regard 

 them as more Lemurine than Simian. Considered as 

 the central and highest branch of the Lemurs, and 

 in certain respects on a level with the Simians, the 

 peculiarities of their structure become instructive, 

 and their relation to the lower OebidiB intelligible. 



Without the Marmosets, there are three families of 

 Simiae. The CeMdce or Platyrhine monkeys, are found 

 only in South America. In this family of vSimiiie the 

 rodent analogies are most clearly shown. The rela- 

 tionship does not appear to be one of close affinity. 



The Catarrhine Apes, belonging to the old world, 

 include two families. The typical Carnivores are re- 

 called in the Ci/no})it]iecidcE or dog-like apes. The 

 central and highest family of the Simile is the Simiida?, 

 otherwise known as Anthn>po}nori)ha or Man-like Apes. 

 To this family belong the Gibbons, the Oran^s, tlie 

 Chimpanze , and the Gorilla. These Apes do not con- 

 stitute an ascending series towards man, but the simi- 

 larities are found in the family as a whole, some gen 

 era presenting likenesses not found in others, while 

 the latter show different resem))lances. The meaning 

 of this appears to Ije that the whole branch of the 

 apes diverged from its root with man-like characters, 

 and that in time these came to be represented l)y dif- 

 ferent species, which diverged more and more widely 

 from the main central stem Hominina. This view is 

 strongly confirmed by the more anthropomorphous 

 appearance of the young Simiidce, which indicates the 



