QUADRUPEDS. 



ORDER 



PRIMATES. 



SIMIA. APE. 



Linncean Generic Character. 



Denies primores utrinque 4, 



approximati. 

 Laniarii solitarii, longiores, 



hinc remoti. 



Molar es obtusi. 



Front-teeth in each jaw 4, 

 placed near together. 



Canine-teeth solitary, longer 

 than the others, distant 

 from the remaining teeth, 

 or grinders. 



Grinders obtuse. 



HIS numerous race may be properly divided 

 into four sections, viz. 1. Apes, or such as are 

 destitute of a tail. 2. Baboons, or such as have 

 very muscular bodies, and whose tails are com- 

 monly short. 3. Monkies, whose tails are, in ge- 

 neral, long : and, lastly, Sapajous, or monkies, with 

 what are termed prehensile tails, viz. such as can, 

 at pleasure, be twisted round any object, so as to 

 answer the purpose of an additional hand to the 

 animal. . - 



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