THE CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



General Characters of the \'ertebrata, .... 



Different Types of the ^'ertebrata, .... 



Comparison of ^'ertebrate Types, ..... 



Position of the AlammaUa in the Sub-kingdom \'erte- 

 brata, 



The Mammalian Structure, ...... 



General Characters, ....... 



Special Characters : 



The Skin and its ^Modifications, Hair, Nails, Super- 

 ficial Glands, Milk Glands, .... 



The Skeleton: Skull, Limbs, Shoulder-girdle, Fore- 

 and Hind-limbs, the Hand; Position of the 

 Limbs in Walking, ...... 



The Teeth: their Structure, iMilk and Permanent 



Teeth, Dental Formute, Perfecting of the 



Dental Systems during the Evolution of the 



Ancestry of the present jNIammals, . 



Reproduction in the ^Mammalia, ..... 



Distribution in Space of the Mammalia, 

 Subdi\ision of the i\Iammals based on the presumed 

 order of E\olution, ....... 



Presumable Relations of existing Placental Orders to 

 a Marsupial Ancestry as shown by the Dental 

 Characters, ........ 



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Table of the Orders, Families, and Tribes of the 



Mammalia, . . iS 



Note on Geological Points referred to in this Work, . 22 



Geological Table of the JNIain Rock-systems into which 



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APES AND MONKEYS (SIMLE). 



Introduction, 



Monkeys of the Old World (Catarrhinci;), 

 Anthropoid Apes (Anthropomorpha:), 

 Black Anthropoid Apes {Trof;lodytcs), 

 Chimpanzee (Troglodytes niger), 

 Chego (Troglodytes Tchego), 

 Gorilla (Troglodytes gorilla), 



Red Antliropoid Apes [Siiiiid), 



Orang-utang or Mias (Simia satyrusV 



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Gibbons (Hylobates), .... 

 Siamang (H)-lobates syndactylus), 

 Hoolock (Hylobates leuciscus (hoolock)). 

 White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar), 



T.-viLED Monkeys (Caudatae), . 

 ScmnopHlitci, .... 



Entellus JMonkey or Hunuman (Semnopithccu 



entellus), 

 Proboscis Monkey or Kahau (Semnopithccu 



nasica), 



Colobi, ..... 

 Guereza (Colobus guereza), . 



The Guenons {Cereopi/heais), . 

 Talapoin (Myiopithecus talapoin"! 

 Diana Monkey (Cercopithecus d 

 Mona (Cercopithecus mona), 

 Mangabey or Moorish Monkey, 

 Hussar or Nisnas ^lonkey (Cercopithecus p 



rhonotus\ 



Green Guenon (^Cercopithecus saba;us\ 



Mdeagiies iJ/aeaciis), ..... 

 Java iNIonkey (Macacus cynomolgus), 

 Boonder (Macacus rhesus), 

 Wanderoo (Macacus silenus), 

 Magot (Inuus ecaudatus), . 



Baboons (CynoeepJialiis), 



Black Ape (Cynocephalus niger) 



Gelada (Cynocephalus gelada^i, 



Arabian Baboon (Cynocephalus hamadryas), 



Common Baboon (Cynocephalus Babuin), . 



Chacma or Pig-faced Baboon (Cynocephalus 



porcarius), ..... 

 Guinea Baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx\ 

 Mandrill i^C_\nocephalus iNIaimon), 

 Drill iCynocephalus leucopha?us\ 



Monkeys of the New World (Flatyrrhinx), . 

 N.^KED-TAILED MoxKEYS (GymnurK), . 

 The Howlers {Myeetes'), .... 

 Red Howling Monkey (Mycetes seniculus) 



The Woolly M'onkeys {Lagot/irix^.. 

 Barrigudo i^Lagothrix: Humboldti), 



The Spider-monkeys {Ateles"^, 

 Miriki ^.Ateles eriodcs\ 



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