24 VERTEliRAlES ; MAMMALS. 



upright, but not firmly, for the soks of their feet 

 nearly face each other, and cannot be brought flat to 

 the ground like the foot of Man. About eighty kinds 

 of Monkey live in the forests of the warm parts of 

 Asia and Africa, and even more kinds in South 



Fig. 35. — Orang-outang. 



America. Those of Africa and Asia have thirty-two 

 teeth, their nostrils near together, and their tail, even 

 when present, is not capable of grasping objects. Most 

 of the Monkeys of America have thirty-six teeth, the 



