. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE AMERICAN MONKEYS. 51 and none of them has a projecting muzzle. Their â coloring is manifold, but never so bright and vivid as that of some of the Old World Monkeys. Where Monkeys Their native country is South Amer- Liue in ica, Central America and Mexico. America. To the north they are bounded by about the twenty-ninth degree of north latitude [as far north as Chihuahua, in Mexico], to the west oy the Cordilleras,[Sierra Madre and Andes Mount- ains] to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south by the twenty-eighth degree
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE AMERICAN MONKEYS. 51 and none of them has a projecting muzzle. Their â coloring is manifold, but never so bright and vivid as that of some of the Old World Monkeys. Where Monkeys Their native country is South Amer- Liue in ica, Central America and Mexico. America. To the north they are bounded by about the twenty-ninth degree of north latitude [as far north as Chihuahua, in Mexico], to the west oy the Cordilleras,[Sierra Madre and Andes Mount- ains] to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south by the twenty-eighth degree of south latitude [line of Catamaica, in the Argentine Republic]. All the Broad-nosed Monkeys are essentially tree- climbers, and the virgin forests are therefore mainly their home. Marshy regions are preferred by them to dry localities. They leave the trees only in case of necessity, for they do ^.*j. not even drink like other animals ; they climb to the water on boughs and branches overhanging it and drink without leaving them. It is quite possi- ble that some of these Monkeys travel distances of hundreds of miles, without touching the ground. The trees supply them with everything they need to eat, their food being mainly vegetable, though they also eat in- .sects. Spiders, eggs, young birds and honey. Few of them are guilty of devas- tating plantations. Most species are active in the daytime, some come â¢out in the gloaming, and .some are awake only in the might. They are lively and active, with the exception â¢of several exceedingly lazy .species, representing, as it were, the American coun- terparts of the Orang-utans of the Old World. Great Value They are all of the excellent Monltey's Tail, climbers and know how to make very :good use of their tails. This tail is an indispensa- ble all-in-all to some of them, their clumsiness be- ing such that they would be helpless without its useful aid. In nearly every posture, even in deepest slumber, the Monkey twmes his tail r
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