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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 504 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORGANS , See also:

Pathology of. CATARRHINE See also:APE, the See also:term used to describe those apes which have the nostrils approximated, the See also:aperture pointing downward, and the intervening septum narrow; distinguishing features of both the See also:lower " doglike " apes (Cynomorpha) and the higher "manlike " apes (Anthropomorpha). The Catarrhini are restricted entirely to the Old See also:World, and include the See also:gorilla, the See also:chimpanzee and orang-utan.

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