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SUBKINGDOM VEKTEBEATA. 



greatly vary in their organization and lead down by degrees 

 from man to the common animals, as is shown in the follow- 

 ing table : 



en 



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o 



a: 



I- 

 •< 

 (J 



CO 



Without I g 

 tails I M 



With 

 tails 



\ Cliimpanzee. 



Anthropoid 

 Apes. — The Chim- 

 panzee bears the 

 greatest resemblance 

 to man, though infe- 

 rior in stature and 

 strength. Like the 

 Gorilla, it has its 

 home in the dense 

 forests of Western 

 Africa. Both have 

 been represented as 

 dwelling in huts 

 built in trees and 

 snatching up the un- 

 wary traveler who 



* The posterior callosities are hardened protuberances, to obviate friction when 

 the animal tabes a sitting posture. 



t The cheeks of some monkeys are capable of being greatly expanded, so as to 

 form a sort of temporary larder in which the monkey lays by its food or carries It off. 



