The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . iL-J^ QUADRUMANA. 57 lobes; the coecum thick, short, [except in Semnopil/tecus, and perhaps Colcbus], and waliuiit anyappendage : tlie hyoid bone has the form of a shield. The Monkeys* {Cercopithecus, Erxl. in part), \_Guenons of the French],—Have a moderately prominent muzzle (of sixty degrees); cheek pouches; tail; callosities on the but-tocks ; the last of the inferior molars Avith four tubercles like the rest. Very numerous species of them,of various size
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . iL-J^ QUADRUMANA. 57 lobes; the coecum thick, short, [except in Semnopil/tecus, and perhaps Colcbus], and waliuiit anyappendage : tlie hyoid bone has the form of a shield. The Monkeys* {Cercopithecus, Erxl. in part), \_Guenons of the French],—Have a moderately prominent muzzle (of sixty degrees); cheek pouches; tail; callosities on the but-tocks ; the last of the inferior molars Avith four tubercles like the rest. Very numerous species of them,of various size and colouring, abound in Africa, living in troops, which do much damage to the gardensand cultivated fields. They are easily tamed, [and are lively and active animals. Their hair, unhkethat of the preceding groups, is of two kinds, the outer commonly annulated above with two colours,producing a grizzled appearance, which in several imparts a tinge of green. More than twenty species have been ascertained, and doubtless many others remain to be discovered. Theyvary in the proportional length of the fingers. The larger of them acc
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