MONKEYS. 



2.3 



Monkeys, or Quadrumana. 



Apes and Monkeys are animals all of whose four 

 feet are hand-like, as the great toe can be shut against 

 the other toes, like a thumb. Hence comes their 



Fig- 34- — Chimpanzee 

 scientific name, Quadrumana, which means fonr- 

 liandcd. But though these hands are well adapted for 

 grasping and climbing, they are much inferior to the 

 perfect hand of Man. Some kinds of Ape can stand 



