THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
SUB-KINGDOM I—VERTEBRATA.

CLASS I—MAMMALTIA.

The most perfect of all animals is man, for
besides having a marvellous animal organism
he possesses reason, which so far transcends
the highest instincts of other animals, that it places him in
a category by himself.

SUB ORDER 1. Next to man it is convenient to deal

Man-shaped with man-shaped animals, (enthropotdea)—

Animale. those animals which most resemble him in
external appearance and internal organism. This brings us
to the order called Quadrumana or four-handed animals
which include Lemurs and their allied forms, and manlike
monkeys. Monkeys are divided into five families, one at
least of which has to be further divided into sub-families to
‘accommodate its variety. These families are: I The Apes;

II The Sacred Monkeys; ITI The Cheek-pouched Monkeys;
IV The Cebidae, with its several sub-families, and V The
Marmosets. The first three of these families inhabit the old
world, the last two belong to the new.

The Ape The family of the Apes includes the Gorilla,
Family. the Chimpanzee, the Orang-utan or mias, the

Gibbons or long-armed Apes, and the Siamang; of these the
Gorilla and the Chimpanzee belong to the West of Africa,
the Orang-utan to Borneo, the Gibbons to Assam, the Malay
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ORDER I.
PRIMATES.