The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . me of which are subject to vary. These pretty little creaturesare gregarious, and very indiscriminate feeders ; are indeed rapacious, and in confinement will eagerly seize andprey on gold fishes, &c. They produce two or three young at a birth.] M. Geoffroy designates as Tamarins (Midas),—Tliose species which have inferior trenchant incisors placed in an almost straight line, and shorterthan the canines. Their tail is also more slender, and not annulated. [The
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . me of which are subject to vary. These pretty little creaturesare gregarious, and very indiscriminate feeders ; are indeed rapacious, and in confinement will eagerly seize andprey on gold fishes, &c. They produce two or three young at a birth.] M. Geoffroy designates as Tamarins (Midas),—Tliose species which have inferior trenchant incisors placed in an almost straight line, and shorterthan the canines. Their tail is also more slender, and not annulated. [These differ more than the others, and are also somewhat variable in colour. At least seven or eight have beenascertained, of which the Iinche {,Sivi. adipus, Lin.), is the longest known. Those curious little beings, tlieSilky Tamarin {M. rosalia), and the Leoncito, or Lion Monkey of Humboldt {M. leoninus), fall under this division. • It is probHble that all Imt the members of the first should range in the division Brachyuru), Spix, (provided this be separable,) whichname is e(tii:»equciitly ill-choaeii.—Ed. L IK m v. Hi ..
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