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MAMMALS 
CHAPTER I.—General Characteristics of Mammals. 
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Principles of Classification—Genera, Families, Orders, and Classes—Structure of Vertebrates 
—Characteristics of Mammals—External Covering—Skeleton—Teeth—Importance of 
Mammals—Their Past History—Mammalian Orders, ..... 1 
CHAPTER II.—Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs (Primates). 
The Man-like Apes ( Simiidce ).—General Characteristics—Distribution—Special Features— 
Chimpanzee—Bald Chimpanzee—“Sally”—“Mafuka”—Gorilla—Orang-Utan—Fossil 
Apes—Gibbons—Siamang—White-Handed Gibbon—Hoolock— Agile Gibbon—Wou- 
Wou—Fossil Gibbons, . . . . . . . . .14 
CHAPTER III.—Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs,— continued. 
The Old-World Monkeys and Baboons (Gercopithecidce).— Structure—Distribution— 
Langurs ( Semnopithecus )—Hanuman—Himalayan Langur—Madras Langur—Banded 
Leaf-Monkey—Negro Monkey—Crested Lutong—Nilgiri Langur—Capped Langur— 
Dusky Leaf-Monkey—Hose’s Langur—Douc — Tibetan Langur—Fossil Langurs— 
Proboscis Monkey ( Nasalis )—Thumbless Monkeys ( Golobus )—Guereza—Black Colob— 
King Monkey—Ursine Colob—White-Thighed Colob—Bay Colob—Crested Colob, . 66 
CHAPTER IV.—Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs,— continued. 
The Old-World Monkeys and Baboons,— continued .—The Guenons ( Gercopithecus )— 
Talapoin Monkey—Malbrouck Monkey—Vervet—Grivet—Green Monkey—Mozam¬ 
bique Monkey—Patas and Nisnas Monkeys—Sykes’s Monkey—Mona Monkey.—Diana 
Monkey—Other Species—Pluto Monkey—Moustache Monkey—Hocheur—White-Nosed 
Monkey—Ludio—Mangabeys, or White-Eyelid Monkeys ( Cercocebus )—Sooty Mangabey 
—Grey-Cheeked Mangabey—Macaques ( Macacus )—Bonnet Monkey—Crab-Eating 
Macaque—Lion-Tailed Monkey—Bengal Monkey—Pig-Tailed Monkey—Burmese Pig- 
Tailed Monkey—Brown Stump-Tailed Monkey—Magot, or Barbary Macaque—Its 
Habits at Gibraltar—Extinct Macaques—Black Ape ( Cynopithecus )—Gelada Baboon 
( Theropithecus )—True Baboons ( Cynocephcdus )—Arabian or Sacred Baboon—Cliacma— 
Anubis Baboon—Yellow Baboon—Guinea Baboon—Mandrill—Drill—Extinct Baboons, 92 
CHAPTER V.— Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs, — continued. 
The American Monkeys ( Cebidce ).•—Distinctive Characters—Sapajous, or Capuchins ( Gebus) 
—White-Cheeked Sapajou—Brown Sapajou—Slender Sapajou—Weeper Sapajou— 
