Quadrumana

Translingual Etymology From mul la - la quattuor four manus hand 1, formed as a neuter plural Proper noun mul obsolete division order Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly, the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone en mul 1871 w:Charles Darwin Descent of Man WITH mankind the differences between the sexes are greater than in most of the Quadrumana, but not so great as in some, for instance, the mandrill. Coordinate terms Bimana division mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)