ORDER OF aUADEUMANA. 



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the true Semnopitheci ; but while they have a thumb, on a small 

 scale certainly, the Colobes are completely destitute of one; 

 from this arises their name, which in Greek signifies mutilated 

 (koXo^o's). They live and feed in the same manner as the pre- 

 ceding. They are the representatives of the Semnopitheci in 





. Fig. 263. — Crested, Golden, and Mitred Senanopitlieci. 



Africa, inhabiting Abyssinia and Western Africa. Four or five 

 species are known, of which the most remarkable is the Guereza 

 Colobus of Abyssinia. 



Tribe or Anthropomorphous Monkeys. — The Anthropomor- 

 phous Monkeys are those which most closely resemble the human 



