PROBOSCIS MONKEY 
One of many interesting forms in the Primates Hall. 
The orang utans, on the south, or left side, show a family of these 
ereat apes feeding on durians. This group, one of the 
first groups of large animals to be mounted in this country, 
was looked upon as a daring innovation. 
The red monkeys, engaged in rolling up sheets of moss, as one 
African would a rug, to get at the insects beneath, illustrate the 
Red Monkeys joint that some monkeys feed largely on the ground. 
At the other extreme are the spider monkeys, so named 
Brae from their slender, spidery limbs, who dwell in the tree 
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tops under the roof of the jungle. 
Noteworthy among the single specimens is the gorilla, largest and 
most powerful of apes; ‘‘Mr. Crowley,” for many years a resident in 
the Central Park Zoo, and the curious proboscis monkey from Borneo. 
Skeletons of man and the large apes illustrate the similarities and 
differences in structure between them and there is an important series 
of skeletons of monkeys and lemurs. 
The fruit bats, often known as flying foxes, the largest members of 
the order and found only in the warmer parts of the Old World, are 
represented by a small portion of a colony from Calapan, Philippine 
Islands. Such a colony may number several thousands, 
and be very destructive to bananas and other fruits. 
Orang Utans 
Fruit Bats 
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