First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fig. 263.—Head of Cebits vellerosus. Fig. 263—Head of Semnopithe- cus cornutus. The apes live in trees, only occasionally walking on theground; their posture is semi-erect; they are tailless; thefore legs are much longer than the hind legs, and used asarms, the radius being capable of complete pronation andsupination. In the form of their skull, of their brain withits convolutions, and in the teeth, there is a still nearer ap-proach to man. There are four typical forms or genera of apes, , thegibbon {Hylobates); the orang {Mimetes pitl
First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fig. 263.—Head of Cebits vellerosus. Fig. 263—Head of Semnopithe- cus cornutus. The apes live in trees, only occasionally walking on theground; their posture is semi-erect; they are tailless; thefore legs are much longer than the hind legs, and used asarms, the radius being capable of complete pronation andsupination. In the form of their skull, of their brain withits convolutions, and in the teeth, there is a still nearer ap-proach to man. There are four typical forms or genera of apes, , thegibbon {Hylobates); the orang {Mimetes pitliecvs), thechimpanzee [Mimetes niger), and the gorilla. The gib-bons are nearest to the monkeys; they are little less thana metre (3 feet) in height, and are very slender, withyery long arms, so that they are rapid, agile climbers, also 266 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOOT. running over the ground with ease and rapidity; whenstanding erect the fingers touch the ground; only thethumbs and great toes have true nails, in all the higherapes the nails of all
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