[Gutenberg 45868] • Buffon's Natural History. Volume 10 (of 10) / Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c

Excerpt from Histoire Naturelle, Vol. 7

I'appelle singe un animal sans queue dont la face eut applatie dont les dents les mains les doigts et les ongles ressemblent a ceux de l'homme, otqui, comme lui marche debout sur ses deux pieds. Cette definition, tireer de la nature meme de l'animal et de ses rapports avec celle de l'homme exclut, comme l'on voit tous les animaux qui ont des queues tous ceux qui ont la face relevee ou le mu seau long, tous ceux qui ont les ongles cour.

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