Catarrhini

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 2

Catarrhini, Old-World monkeys, with a narrow partition between the nostrils, with a dental formula \frac{2}{3}\frac{2}{3}\frac{2}{3}, and including two distinct sets of forms, (a) the lower 'dog-like' apes (Cynomorpha), and (b) the higher 'man-like' forms (Anthropomorpha). See APE, ANTHROPOID APE, MONKEY.

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