The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Willi llOTllrd Jc QUADRUMANA. fi,3 AH are restlessly active, and extremely rapid in their movements; also remarkalily short-tempered, bristlingwith fury when enraged, and piittinij; on a most formidable appearance, considering their size. They are socleanly, that any ap|K-arance of dirt about their habitations causes them to fret j and are exceedingly sensitive oftlanip; but, if duly attended to, are easily kept in captivity. The Platyrriiini were very jirope
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . Willi llOTllrd Jc QUADRUMANA. fi,3 AH are restlessly active, and extremely rapid in their movements; also remarkalily short-tempered, bristlingwith fury when enraged, and piittinij; on a most formidable appearance, considering their size. They are socleanly, that any ap|K-arance of dirt about their habitations causes them to fret j and are exceedingly sensitive oftlanip; but, if duly attended to, are easily kept in captivity. The Platyrriiini were very jiroperly ranged by Buffon in two great natural divisions, named liyhim Sapajods and Sagouins ; to the latter of wliich the Ouislitis arc strictly referable, to judge fromtlie aggregate of their conformation. We cannot but lliinlv tliat Cuvier has, in this rare instance,attaclied undue im|)ortancc to the number of molar teeth, in so decidedly sc])arating the Uuistitin fromthe other small American Quadrumana.] The Lemuus, {Lemur, Linn.),[Strepsiruhini, Geof^,— Linnxiis, all the Qanrfrumana wliich have [supposed]
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