QUADRUPEDS. 
ORDER 
PRIMATES. 
SIMIA. APE. 
Linncean Generic Character, 
Denies primores utrinque 4, 
approximati. 
Laniarii solitarii, longiores, 
hinc remoti. 
Molares 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. 
X 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^ Sapajoiis, 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. 
V. I. 
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