. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. SQUIBBEL lUONSETS. Here are two of these merry and lively little creaturesiperched in a palm tree, the fruit of which one of them holds in his hands. They are exceedingly timid, fleeing at the slightest alarm, and in this picture they are depicted as preparing to take flight from real or fancied da^er. {Chrysoihrix sciurea.) travelers to the distant call of a Jaguar. They ex- press anger by a repeated " grr, grr, grr, ; Z\ic flDarmoset0. THIRD FAMILY: Arctopitheci. Several naturalists see in the Marmosets only a varie
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. SQUIBBEL lUONSETS. Here are two of these merry and lively little creaturesiperched in a palm tree, the fruit of which one of them holds in his hands. They are exceedingly timid, fleeing at the slightest alarm, and in this picture they are depicted as preparing to take flight from real or fancied da^er. {Chrysoihrix sciurea.) travelers to the distant call of a Jaguar. They ex- press anger by a repeated " grr, grr, grr, ; Z\ic flDarmoset0. THIRD FAMILY: Arctopitheci. Several naturalists see in the Marmosets only a variety of the preceding genus and class the two together: but we think that their distinguishing features are marked enough for us to treat them as two distinct groups. The Marmoset has a round head, a short flat face, small eyes, large ears, sometimes adorned with tufts, a slim body and short limbs, a bushy tail and silky fur. The claws on the fingers and toes are small and narrow, except those of the thumb-toes, which are broad and nail-like. The claw-like hands, whose thumbs cannot be opposed to the other fingers—this peculiarity is not noticeable in the feet—have really become paws in this genus, and the feet only are similar to those of other Monkeys. Haunts and The Marmosets have a very wide Habits of range, being found in Mexico, Central Marmosets. America and South America to the southern limits of Brazil. They occur in greater variety and numbers in Brazil, Guiana and Peru, Mexico affording but two kinds. How high they ascend the mountains has not been determined ; Schomburgk saw them at an elevation of i,6oo feet, but it is believed they inhabit much greater altitudes in the Andes range. All Marmosets are arboreal or tree-livmg, m the true sense of the word. They inhabit not only the damp, stately forests of the coast and the valleys, but also the stunted, bushlike woods in the inner parts of the continent. In their traits and habits they resemble Squirrels as much as
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