Results for Quadrumana

Definitions of Quadrumana:

The order of mammals which have four hand- like extremities, as in the monkey tribe.

Usage examples for Quadrumana:

• These animals, which are of the size of the domestic cat, belong to the quadrumana but, like the flying squirrels, they are provided with a bird- like membrane, which, commencing at the neck, and passing over the fore and hinder limbs, reaches to the tail; by means of which they are able to glide from one tree to another at a very obtuse angle. "The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes", Tomás de Comyn Fedor Jagor Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow Charles Wilkes

• Twelve years later, Cuvier adopted the same order Bimana for the human family, while the apes, monkeys, and lemurs constituted a separate order called Quadrumana "The Antiquity of Man", Charles Lyell

• After that the field- cornet looked well to his maize, until it was ready for gathering; when it was all brought home, and deposited in safety out of the reach of either birds, reptiles, quadrupeds, or quadrumana "Popular Adventure Tales", Mayne Reid