96 nAUBENTOxnD.T:. 



Fam. V. TARSIIDtE. 



Cutting-teeth -|, erect, cylinch-ical, conical ; the two upper front 

 elongate, acute ; the lower ascending obliquely, crowded between 

 the canines. Grinders -f . |. The fingers and toes free, well de- 

 veloped. The first and second hind toes shorter, each with an 

 elongate curved claw. Head short. Eyes and orbits very large. 

 Limbs free, elongate. Foot very long, as long as the shin. Tail 

 elongate, slender covered with short hairs ; the tip with a pencil of 

 longer hairs. 



Tarsina, Grcnj, Ann. Phil. 1828. Tarsidie, Graj/, RZ. S. 1863, p. 150. 



TARSIUS. 



Tiivs'ms, Storr, 1780; Daub. 1792. Macrotarsiis, Ciiv. Si- Geoff. Tar- 

 sier, Lacep. Prosimia, 8hnw. CephalopLacus, Swahison, 1835. 

 Hypsicebus, Lesson, 1840. Rubienus, Gray, 1821. 



Tarsius spectrum. The Tarsier. B.M. 



Tarsias spectrum, Geoff.; Dahlhom, Studier. t. 11 (skeleton). T. 

 I'allasii, Geoff. T. Daubentonii, Atideh. ; Geoff. T. fuseomanus, 

 Fischer. T. bancanus, Horsf. Java. t. Cephalophacus bancamis, 

 Swainson, Lard. Encijc. Hypsicebus bancanus, Lesson, Spec. Mamm. 

 Lemur tarsius, Erxl. L. spectrum, Pallas. Didelphis macrotarsus, 

 Gmelin. Tarsier, Buffon, H. N. xiii. Macrotarsus Buffonii, Link, 

 Beytr. p. 66. Woolly Jerboa, Penn. p. 298. 



Hah. Borneo ; Celebes. 



** Teeth of only two hinds. Canines notie. 



Fam. VI. DAUBENTONIIDJE. 



Cutting-teeth ^, compressed, very large, with a space between 

 them and the grinders. Canines none. Grinders ^ . i. Limbs 

 free. The fingers and toes well developed. The fingers veiy long 

 and slender. The great toe broad. The index finger with a sharp 

 curved claw. Claw of thumb flat. Face short. Tail elongate, 

 hairy. 



Cheiromyidfe, Bonap. ; J. Geoff. Cat. Cbeirom^-ina, Gray, Ann. 

 Phil. 1829. Glirisimiffi, Dahfbom. Daubentoniadae, Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 151. 



DAUBENTONIA. 



Daubentoiiia, Gerff. Decad. Philos. iv. p. 193, 179r>: Dahlhom, 1851; 

 Gray, P. Z. S. 18(i.'?, p. 151. Aye- Aye, Lacep. 1799. Cheiromys, 

 CMwer, 1800. Chiromys, 7^?^)'. P/W. 1811. Mystipithecus, 5/ajwi'. 



