. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. The Pigmy Ape. BABOONS. The Baboon.—Descending from the more perfect of the monkey kinds, we come to the baboon and its varieties, a large, fierce, and formidable race, that mixing the figure of the man and the quadruped in their conformation, seems to possess only the defects of both; the petulance of the one, and the ferocity of the other. These animals have a short tail; a prominent face; with canine teeth
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. The Pigmy Ape. BABOONS. The Baboon.—Descending from the more perfect of the monkey kinds, we come to the baboon and its varieties, a large, fierce, and formidable race, that mixing the figure of the man and the quadruped in their conformation, seems to possess only the defects of both; the petulance of the one, and the ferocity of the other. These animals have a short tail; a prominent face; with canine teeth, larger than those of men, and callosities on the rump. The Mandrill, which also bears the name of the Kibbed- nosed Baboon, is an ugly, disgusting animal. It is found on the Gold Coast, and in other southern provinces of Africa, where the Negroes call it Boggo, and the Europeans Mandrill. This animal is the largest of the Baboon kind, and is equally remarkable for its variety of color, its singularity of appearance, its immense sirongth, and its unconquerable savageness. " Under itn project- c. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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