THE APES 



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FAMILIES EXAMPLES 



White-throated 



New World 1 ^ , , . , Sapajou Cebus hypoleucus. 



Monkeys . . p^^ ^'^""^ • " ' ' ^'^^^ Spider- 

 Monkey Ateles ater. 



[ Howlers Alouatta. 



Marmosets.. I "^'^^" "'''■" \Qom.m.onM.a.vmosiit. Calliihrix jacchus. 



Suborder Lemuroidea 



Lemurs Le-mur'i-dae . 



Tarsier Tar-si'i-dae . . 



\ Dau-ben-ton- 

 \ i'-i-dae . . . . 



Aye-Aye 



. Ruffed Lemur Lemur varius. 



. Tarsier Tarsius tarsius. 



Aye-Aye Daubentonia. 



The Apes. — The three great manlike (or an'thro-poid) 

 apes — gorilla, chimpanzee, and orang-utan — are so much like 

 human beings that, to most persons, they are the most won- 

 derful of all living creatures below man. Their points of 

 resemblance to man are so many and so striking that they 

 are a source of wonder even to savages. 



As will be observed from a comparison of the skeletons of 

 man and gorilla, below the skull their parallelism is remark- 

 ably close. Both in kind and in number the bones are the 

 same, and they differ only in their proportions. The hands 

 and feet of the gorilla are designed for a life that is half ter- 

 restrial and half arboreal, while those of man are for life on 

 the ground. The long thumb and great toe of the gorilla are far 

 superior to those members in the chimpanzee and orang-utan. 



The widest differences between man and the gorilla are in 

 their skulls. In the gorilla, the high forehead and intellectual 

 faculties so characteristic in man are totally wanting, indi- 

 cating a very low order of intelligence. The long and power- 



