CHAPTER XII. 



Q U A D 11 U M A N A. 



xMONKEVS. 

 HE American monkeys consist of two chief families, 

 — the Cebidge, and the Midas or Marmosets, — 

 a^saI I which are again separated into thirteen genera, 



consisting of about eighty -six species, greatly diversified 

 among themselves. In America neither Pithecidie or Lemurs 

 are found: they exclusively inhabit the Old World. 



The Cebidie have thirty-six teeth ; the Marmosets possess 

 but thirty-two : three of them, however, are pre-molar, as are 

 three of those of the Cebidre, thus distinguishing them both 

 from all the forms of the Old World. 



The Marmosets are a low type of apes — their brain being 

 smooth, and they having claws instead of nails ; but from 

 their intelligent-looking countenances, and their gentle, playful 

 disposition, they appear to have as much sense as the larger 

 apes. 



The American monkeys differ greatly in size and form. 

 The largest — the savage black howler— is nearly two feet 



