On the far-off island of Borneo lives a strange little creature about the size of a rat, with pop eyes and hands very much like a man's. Because he has long fringes of hair near the end of his tail, he is called a Feathertail. This peculiar little beast is believed to be almost exactly like the earliest monkey ancestor that lived more than sixty millions years ago.

Today the monkey population of the world totals many billions. Besides the Feathertail, there are over seven hundred kinds of monkeys. Sizes range from the tiny marmoset that weighs only a few ounces to his cousin the gorilla that may weigh as much as 600 pounds.

There are Dog Monkeys with doglike jaws, Military Monkeys that march like soldiers, Crab-Eaters that live near water and fish for their food, and the grim-faced Howler Monkeys whose roar is more terrifying than that of the African lion.

In All About Monkeys Robert S. Lemmon takes his readers on a rare adventure through monkey land, introducing dozens of fantastic creatures whose antics make good reading for all ages.

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