Zöology; a textbook for colleges and universities . and man Photograph by E. R. Sanborn. A . 1. Zoo/. Soc. FIG. 185. Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus); Southern Texas and southward. their mode of reproduction ; a single fertilizedegg gives rise to several individuals, an ex-aggeration of twinning known as polyembryony.(/) Primates. Lemurs, monkeys, and man ; mostly Monkeystree-inhabitinganimals, withnails on thefingers and toes,instead of clawsor hoofs. Thelemurs todayprincipally in-habit Madagas-car, but primi-tive species onceexisted in NorthAmerica, asshown by theirfossil remains

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Zöology; a textbook for colleges and universities . and man Photograph by E. R. Sanborn. A . 1. Zoo/. Soc. FIG. 185. Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus); Southern Texas and southward. their mode of reproduction ; a single fertilizedegg gives rise to several individuals, an ex-aggeration of twinning known as polyembryony.(/) Primates. Lemurs, monkeys, and man ; mostly Monkeystree-inhabitinganimals, withnails on thefingers and toes,instead of clawsor hoofs. Thelemurs todayprincipally in-habit Madagas-car, but primi-tive species onceexisted in NorthAmerica, asshown by theirfossil monkeysare divided intothe Platyrrhine(broad-nostril). by E. R. Sanborn,N. Y. Zool. Soc. and Catarrhine FIG. 186. Lemur (Lemur varius);Madagascar. 410 ZOOLOGY (narrow-nostril)group, — the for-mer peculiar tothe New World,the latter to theOld World. Thehigher apes andmen are to beassociated withthe Old Worldgroup. The tailin many of theSouth American

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