{"product_id":"2940013579972","title":"QUADRUPEDS, WHAT THEY ARE AND WHERE FOUND","description":"PREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have been called upon to write illustrative sketches to a series of\u003cbr\u003eengravings, designed by an eminent artist.  In performing my part of the\u003cbr\u003ework I have thrown the _Mammalia_ into twenty-four groups--corresponding\u003cbr\u003emore or less to the picture designs--and have dwelt chiefly on the\u003cbr\u003egeographical distribution of the animals.  The _Cetaceae_ and\u003cbr\u003e_Vespertilionidae_ are properly omitted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the groups given there is no attempt made at any very scientific\u003cbr\u003earrangement.  The sketches are purely of a popular character, even the\u003cbr\u003escientific nomenclature being avoided.  It is hoped, however, that they\u003cbr\u003emay prove of service to the zoological tyro, and form as it were his\u003cbr\u003efirst stepping-stone to a higher order of classification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn reality, notwithstanding the prodigious _speculations_ of learned\u003cbr\u003eanatomists, no truly good arrangement of the _Mammalia_ has yet been\u003cbr\u003earrived at; the deficiency arising from the fact that, as yet, no true\u003cbr\u003ezoologist has had the opportunity of a sufficiently extended observation\u003cbr\u003eof the natural habits of animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, however, that the great agent--steam--has as it were \"brought the\u003cbr\u003eends of the earth together,\" the opportunity is no longer wanting; and\u003cbr\u003eit is to be hoped that a better classification may soon be obtained.\u003cbr\u003eWho knows but that some ardent young zoologist, who has taken his first\u003cbr\u003elessons from this little book, may be the man to supply the desideratum?\u003cbr\u003eWho knows?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a result would be a proud triumph for the author of these\u003cbr\u003emonographic sketches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMayne Reid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONKEYS OF THE OLD WORLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great family of the Monkeys, or the \"Monkey tribe,\" as it is usually\u003cbr\u003ecalled, is divided by naturalists into two large groups--the \"Monkeys of\u003cbr\u003ethe Old World,\" or those that inhabit Africa, Asia, and the Asiatic\u003cbr\u003eislands; and the \"Monkeys of the New World,\" or those that belong to\u003cbr\u003eAmerica.  This classification is neither scientific nor natural, but as\u003cbr\u003eit serves to simplify the study of these quadrupeds--or _quadrumana_, as\u003cbr\u003ethey are termed--it is here retained.  Moreover, as there is no genus of\u003cbr\u003emonkey, nor even a species, common to both hemispheres, such a division\u003cbr\u003ecan do no harm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe number of species of these animals, both in the Old and New Worlds,\u003cbr\u003eis so great, that to give a particular description of each would fill a\u003cbr\u003elarge volume.  It will be only possible in this sketch to point out the\u003cbr\u003ecountries they inhabit, and to say a word or two of the more remarkable\u003cbr\u003ekinds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn point of precedence, the great _Ourang-outang_ contests the palm with\u003cbr\u003ethe _Chimpanzee_.  Both these creatures often attain the size of an\u003cbr\u003eordinary man, and individuals of both have been captured exceeding this\u003cbr\u003esize; while, at the same time, in muscular strength, one of them is\u003cbr\u003esupposed to equal seven or eight men.  It is remarkable how little is\u003cbr\u003eknown of the habits of either.  This is accounted for by the fact that\u003cbr\u003ethey both inhabit regions still unexplored by civilised man, dwelling in\u003cbr\u003ethick impenetrable forests, where even the savage himself rarely\u003cbr\u003epenetrates.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158859759856,"sku":"2940013579972","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013579972_p0.jpg?v=1763582603","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013579972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}