Four feet, wings, and fins . Pat,taking her hand. The party moved on, and next came to a monkey-mother with her arms WTapped very affectionatelyaround the neck of her half-grown child. Rose gave an exclamation of delight: Why,dese monkeys dot tails! Where was the bid onestail, Mr. Dumas ? The large ourang-outangs belonging to the apesdo not have tails, and comprise ourang-outangs,gorillas and chimpanzees. This mother and herlittle one belong to the tailed monkeys, and arejust such as we see going around with hand-organs. It is far more pleasant to see them in theirwild state, skipping about th
Four feet, wings, and fins . Pat,taking her hand. The party moved on, and next came to a monkey-mother with her arms WTapped very affectionatelyaround the neck of her half-grown child. Rose gave an exclamation of delight: Why,dese monkeys dot tails! Where was the bid onestail, Mr. Dumas ? The large ourang-outangs belonging to the apesdo not have tails, and comprise ourang-outangs,gorillas and chimpanzees. This mother and herlittle one belong to the tailed monkeys, and arejust such as we see going around with hand-organs. It is far more pleasant to see them in theirwild state, skipping about through the trees likevery large squirrels, than to see them dressed up sogaudily for show. This is a Chinese monkey, so-called because its hair parts in the middle and 183 THE MENAGERIE. Spreads over its head something Hke a Chinese monkeys are very fond of sugar-cane andcocoanuts. The natives of India often catch themby making a small hole in a cocoanut, and placingit where they will be sure to find it. The monkey. is always sure to see it, hastens forward eagerly tothrust a paw into the hole and get at the kernel ;then the natives on watch spring out and seize herbefore she can get her paw out. 184 THE MENAGERIE. I never thought there were so many differentkinds of monkeys, said May, as they went slowlyfrom one monkey-house to another. Yes, said Capt. Dumas, they range from thesize of a man down to the size of a tiny squirrel, andyet there are a great many species still glimpses of them have been caught, and that isall. Monkeys belong to the order, monkeys of the Old world belong to the Siiniadcefamily, while those of the New world belong to theCebidcer What difference is there between the monkeys ^of the Old world and those of the New, that theymust belong to different families ? asked Frank. The monkeys of the American continent haveno thumbs on their hands, have very long tails, haveno cheek pouches, and there is more space betweenth
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