. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. QUADEUMANA. 559 nostrils are terminal, their feet tliick and soft; and they are farther distinguishable, by having the nail of the forefinger of their posterior hands raised and sharp-pointed, while the nails of the other hands are flat. They are all very active, and have been named Fox :Mon- keys, on account of the shape of their heads. The Lemurs, pro-. FlG. 482.—WHTTE-FROXTED LKirUR. perly so called, exclusively inhabit the island of INIadagascar, whe they seem to take the place of the real monkeys. They live up( ? here seem
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. QUADEUMANA. 559 nostrils are terminal, their feet tliick and soft; and they are farther distinguishable, by having the nail of the forefinger of their posterior hands raised and sharp-pointed, while the nails of the other hands are flat. They are all very active, and have been named Fox :Mon- keys, on account of the shape of their heads. The Lemurs, pro-. FlG. 482.—WHTTE-FROXTED LKirUR. perly so called, exclusively inhabit the island of INIadagascar, whe they seem to take the place of the real monkeys. They live up( ? here seem to take the place of the real monkeys. They live upon fi'uits and small animals, and some of them are trained to hunt like dogs. The Sloth Monkeys {Stenops* tardigraclusj) have acquired their name from the extreme slowness of their movements. They are nocturnal in their habits, living upon insects and small birds, which they approach stealthily in the dark. They inhabit the East Indies. Tlie Marmozets {llapdle %) constitute a little group peculiar to the New World. They are small, agreeable-looking animals, with a round head, flat face, lateral nostrils, and a bushy tail, which is not prehensile. On their anterior extremities tlieir thumbs are scarcely opposable to their other fingers, and all their fingers except the * (TTej/(^s-, stenos, Twxrroio; tl\|/, ops, a/ace—narrow-faced. t Tardus, sloio; gradior, I walk—slow-walldng. X airaXos, hapalos, 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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