. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park . Zoos; Zoo animals. NEW SORK ZOOLOGICAL PA&g. n MJ '^ifiKf,iyt,. RED-HEADED MANGABljI. in large ones. True marmosets are the smallest of American primates, being next in size to the Tarsier, of Borneo, small- est of all quadrumanes. The Lemurs and Lemuroids.—A Lemur is a monkey-like animal belonging to the lowest group of primates, but in some respects is so little like a monkey that the rela- tionship is not always apparent. There are about thirty species, and all save a very few are found on the Island of Madagascar. They
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park . Zoos; Zoo animals. NEW SORK ZOOLOGICAL PA&g. n MJ '^ifiKf,iyt,. RED-HEADED MANGABljI. in large ones. True marmosets are the smallest of American primates, being next in size to the Tarsier, of Borneo, small- est of all quadrumanes. The Lemurs and Lemuroids.—A Lemur is a monkey-like animal belonging to the lowest group of primates, but in some respects is so little like a monkey that the rela- tionship is not always apparent. There are about thirty species, and all save a very few are found on the Island of Madagascar. They are gentle-spirited, harmless and in- offensive animals, and not being persecuted by their human neighbors, as all American wild animals are, they are quite numerous. Nearly all of the Lemurs have long tails, long and fine hair, large eyes and jjointed muzzles. Many of them are strikingly colored in various shades of black, white and gray. All Lemurs are supposed to be of nocturnal habit, and in fact they really are; but the specimens in the large jungle cage of the Primate House are quite as lively and interest- ing in the daytime as most of the monkeys. So far from. 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York : New York Zoological Society
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