New illustrated natural history of the world / by Ernest Protheroe ... with 24 coloured plates (73 figures) and nearly 300 photographs direct from nature chiefly by W.S. Berridge.

  • Protheroe, Ernest.
Date:
[1910]
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Credit: New illustrated natural history of the world / by Ernest Protheroe ... with 24 coloured plates (73 figures) and nearly 300 photographs direct from nature chiefly by W.S. Berridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Introduction ........ Pages 1-5 VERTEBRATA Class : IMAMMALIA (Mammals) Order : PRIMATES (Man and the Monkey Tribe) Sub-order : ANTHROPOIDEA Family Simiidae . . . Gorilla—Chimpanzee—Orang-Utan— Gibbons ,, Cercopithecida; . . Hanuman Monkey—Guerezas—Pro- boscis Monkey—Guenons—Manga- beys—Macaques—Baboons Spider Monkeys—Capuchin Monkeys or Sapajous—Howling Monkeys— Sakis— Douroucolis Marmosets Pages 6-35 Sub-order ; LEMUROIDEA True Lemurs—Mouse Lemurs Galagos—Lorises Tarsier . Aye-Aye Pages 35-39 Order : CHIROPTERA (Bats) Sub-order : MICROCHIROPTERA (Insect-eating Bats) Fayytily Vespertilionidac . . Pipistrelle Bat—Long-eared Bat ,, Rhinolophidae . . Greater Horseshoe Bat ,, Phyllostomatidae . . Vampire Bat Cebidae Hapalidac Family Lemuridae . ,, Lorisidac ,, Tarsiidae ,, Chiromyidac Sub-order : MEGACHIROPTERA (Fruit-eating Bats) Family Pteropodidae . . Indian Fox Bat—Kalong—Australian Fruit Bat Pages 40-46 Order : INSECTIVORA (Insect-eaters) Family Erinaceidae . Hedgehog ,, Talpidae Mole ,, Soricidac Common Shrew—Pigmy Shrew ,, Macroscelididac Elephant Shrews ,, Centetidae Tenrec ,, Tupaiidae Tree Shrews Shrew—Water