THE NOSE. 



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somewhat flatter nose, as, for instance, has the white-nosed 

 Sea-cat {Cercopithecus petaurista, Fig. 203) ; yet in all the 

 partition of the nose is narrow and thin. On the contrary, 

 all American Apes have a difl'erent nasal structure. In 

 them, the partition is peculiarly broadened and thickened 

 below, and the wings of the nose are not developed, in con- 

 sequence of which the nostrils are not below, but are 

 turned outwards. This characteristic difference in the 

 structure of the nose has also been so accurately trans- 



FlG. 202.— Head of Nose-ape (Semnopithecus nasicus). 



Fig. 203. — The white-nosed Sea-oat (Cercopithecus petaurista) . 



mitted in both groups, that, on account of it, the Apes of 

 the New World have been called Flat-nosed (Platyrhinai), 

 and those of the Old World Narrow-nosed {CatarUnce)! 

 The former are, on the average, inferior in organization, 

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