CINCINNATI ZOO GUIDE 
Zoo can be given proper surgical and medical attention. There 
are over two hundred species of monkeys and apes known; 
two-thirds belong to Africa and India, and sixty-four belong to 
America. 
The primates form that order of the class of mammals that 
approach most nearly to man. In fact, if only his bodily struc¬ 
ture is considered, and no account of his intellect is taken, man 
himself must be included among the primates. To the primates 
belong all the members of the ape tribe, the monkeys and the 
lemurs. Their home is, as a rule, in the dense forests of tropical 
countries, very few being found in the colder regions of the 
earth. The visitor will find a large and varied collection of 
monkeys in this building. The following is a list of the monkeys 
usually found in the collection: 
Rhodesian Baboon ( Papio Rhodesiae) 
Mona Monkey ( Cercopithecus mona) 
Green Monkey ( Cercopithecus callitrichus) 
Campbell’s Monkey ( Cercopithecus campbelli) 
Pig-tailed Monkey ( Macacus nemestrinus ) 
Macaque Monkey ( Macacus cynomolgus) 
Vervet Monkey ( Cercopithecus lalandii ) 
Black Spider Monkey (. Atelese ater ) 
White-throated Capuchin ( Cebus hypoleucus ) 
Arabian Baboon (Cynocephalus hamadryas ) 
Sooty Mangabey (Cercocebus fuliginosus) 
Mandrill (Cynocephalus mormon) 
Drill (Cynocephalus leucophaeus ) 
Brown Capuchin {Cebusfatuellus) 
Ruffed Lemur {Lemur varius) 
Rhesus Monkey {Macacus rhesus ) 
Anubis Baboon {Cynocephalus anubis ). 
The animals of the monkey tribe stand at the head of the 
division Mammalia. 
Chimpanzee {Anthropopithecus troglodytes) , kept in the Car¬ 
nivora Building. The most intelligent of all the man-like apes, 
the chimpanzee, is found on the west coast of Africa. They have 
no tail, no cheek pouches, a low forehead, large ears, and attain 
