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APES AND MONKEYS 



structurally and mentally, far lower than the monkeys and 

 baboons of the Old World. Structurally they are weak, in 

 spirit they are timid and cowardly, and intellectually they 

 are dull, to the point of stupidity. With the exception of the 

 sapajous, they are in general so ill fitted to survive that if 

 they are on exhibition it is a difficult matter to keep any of 

 them alive in captivity much longer than one year. If not 

 exhibited, they survive longer. 



On the other hand. Very many of the monkeys and baboons 

 of the Old World have developed first-class fighting powers and 

 pugnacious tempers. They have dangerous canine teeth, wide- 

 spreading jaws, strong muscles, and keen wits for either attack 

 or defence. The Lemuroids, however, the lowest of the Pri- 

 mates, are almost as mild-mannered and harmless as rabbits. 



With Ethnology, the study of the races of Mankind, we 

 have here nothing to do. That subject is so interesting, and 

 so vast in its extent, that nothing less than an entire volume 

 could adequately set it forth. The grand divisions of the 

 Primates in general are as shown below. 



Order Primates 

 Suborder Anthropoidea 



TAMILIES 



Man Hom-in'i-dae. 



Anthropoid 

 Apes 



Old World 

 Monkeys 

 AND Bab- 

 oons 



Sim-i'i-dae 



Cer-co-pi-the'- 

 ci-dae 



EXAMPLES 



Gorilla Gorilla gorilla. 



Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes. 



Orang-Utan Simia satyrus. 



Gibbon Hylohates leuciscus. 



Japanese Red-faced 



Monkey Macacus speciosus. 



Diana Monkey . . . Cercopithecus diana. 

 Gelada Baboon .... Theropithecus gelada. 



