Older Miocene|{ Baboons (tailed) | (_Cynocephalus_)| | | |{28. ANTHROPOIDES |28. HYLOBATIDA | I | II | III Later Miocene|{ Anthropoid apes | Hylobates | | | |{ (tailless) | Satyrus | | | |{29. PITHECANTHROPI |29. ANTHROPITHECA | II | III | III Pliocene |{ Ape-like men | Chimpanzee | | | |{ (alali=speechless) | Gorilla | | | |{30. HOMINES |30. WEDDAHS | I | III | III Pleistocene |{ (loquaces=with | Australian | | | |{ speech) | natives | | | -------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----+-----+----- 3.--CLASSIFICATION OF THE PRIMATES [[TRANSCRIBER NOTE: This 4-column Table has been split into two parts. The first part has columns 1, 2 and 3. The second part has columns 2, 3 and 4 (2 and 3 are repeated from the first part).]] _N.B_.-- * indicates extinct forms, + living groups, ++ the hypothetical stem-form. _Cf._ _History of Creation_, chap. xxvii.; _Evolution of Man_, chap. xxiii. [[First Part]] ----------------------+------------------------+-------------------------- Orders. | Sub-Orders. | Families. ----------------------+------------------------+-------------------------- | | I | | PROSIMIAE | { 1. LEMURAVIDA | {1. PACHYLEMURES* Lemurs | { (_Palalemures_) | {(_Hypopsodina_) (Hemipitheci) | { Early lemurs | { The orbits imper- | { (generalists) | {Dent. 44=3.1.4.3/3.1.4.3 fectly separated | { Originally with | {Primitive dentition from the temporal | { claws on all or | { depression by a | { most fingers: later | {2. NECROLEMURES bony arch. Womb | { transition to nails. | {(_Anaptomorpha_) double or two-horned. | { Tarsus primitive. | { Placenta diffuse, in- | { | {Dent. 40=2.1.4.3/2.1.4.3 deciduate (as a rule).| { | {Reduced dentition Cerebrum relatively | { | small, smooth, or | { | {3. AUTOLEMURES+ little furrowed. | { | {(_Lemurida_) | { 2. LEMUROGONA | { | { (_Neolemures_) | {Dent. 36=2.1.3.3/2.1.3.3 | { Modern lemures | {Specialised dentition | { (specialists) | { | { All fingers usually | {4. CHIROLEMURES+ | { have nails (except | {(_Chiromyida_) | { the second toe). | { | { Tarsus modified. | {Dent. 18=1.0.1.3/1.0.0.3
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