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if indeed more than one be really described, is not bigger 

 than a young cat ; but it is longer and thinner than any of 

 the felinse, and in this respect approximates the lemurs. 



Their teeth are also nearer to those of the lemur than 

 any other animal, though they present some strongly-marked 

 differences. Of the six incisives in the lower jaw, the two 

 external are indented like a comb, especially the interme- 

 diate ; the four upper incisors are very small, but the two 

 external are the largest ; the canine teeth are very small, 

 and sharp pointed. The cheek-teeth, |J- are sharp pointed, 

 and the anterior are very like the canine teeth. 



Their extremities are entirely enveloped in the mem- 

 brane. The four feet have each five toes, parallelly 

 disposed, furnished with long strong sharp semicircular 

 nails. All the fingers are attached by the membrane, beyond 

 which nothing is to be seen but the nails. The tail also, 

 which is long, is included in the membrane. 



This singular appendage springs from under the throat, 

 and extends to the fingers of the hands, from which it 

 passes on to those of the hinder extremities, and so to the 

 extremity of the tail, so that when the animal spreads its 

 limbs to make a leap, it covers a space much larger than its 

 body, which lowers it gently, in the manner of a para- 

 chute, and assists also in lengthening the extent of its 

 leap, though it does not appear to be of much service in 

 aiding the ascent, being calculated simply to break or 

 ease their fall. 



We know but little of the senses of these animals, and 

 and still less of their modes of generation. Their eyes are 

 large and prominent, the nose is simple ; the tongue is soft ; 

 the ears are not very large, and the fur on them is soft and 

 silky ; they have no whiskers, and their skin, particularly 

 of the hands and feet, is very soft ; their mammae are 

 pectoral. 



The situation of the galeopitheci in natural arrangement 



