TARSIUS. MAMMALIA. (53 



less strong than the two intermediate incisors above ; ante- 

 rior molars with one point, the others with a large crown, 

 deeply hollowed ; head round ; muzzle very short ; eyes ex- 

 cessively large, contiguous ; ears long, naked, and membran- 

 ous ; tarsus three times longer than the metatarsus ; tail 

 very long. 



T. spectrum, Geoff. Desm. {Lemur spectrum, Pallas. Woolly Ger- 

 boa, Penn.) Fur red ; ears a half shorter than the head ; hind 

 legs larger than the body. Size of the field mouse. Inhabits 

 Amboyna and East India Islands. Shaw, i. pi. 35. 



T. fuscomanus, Geoff. Fisch. Yellow Bearded Tarsier. Fur of a 

 clear brown ; gray-white below ; ears two-thirds the length of 

 the head. A little larger than the preceding. Madagascar. 



T. Bancanus, Horsfield. Fur brown ; ears rounded horizontal, 

 much shorter than the head ; tail very slender ; no intermediate 

 incisors in the upper jaw. Inhabits the island of Banca Hors- 

 Jield, Zool. Research, fasc. ii. 



Gen. 23. CHEIROMYS, Cuv. Geoff. Lemur, Shaw Sciurus, 



Lin. 



Incisors f , canines g-g, molars |-| = 18. Incisors very strong, 

 excessively compressed, corresponding perfectly in both jaws 

 like the incisors of the gnawers ; molars with a flat crown ; 

 foot pentadactyle ; anterior members short ; hands with the 

 thumb short and free, the other fingers very long ; thumb of 

 the posterior hands short, opposable, and furnished with a 

 flat nail ; long bushy tail ; two inguinal mammae ; muzzle 

 short and pointed ; eyes and mouth large. 



C. Mfidagascariensis, Desm. (Sciurus Madag. Lin.) The Aye- Aye. 

 Fur brown, thick ; tail black, formed of large hairs, not disti- 

 chous, as those of the tails of squirrels. About a foot and a half 

 long. 

 A nocturnal animal, living on insects and worms. Inhabits Madagascar. Shaw, i. 



pi. 34. 



The genus Chdrogaleus of M. Geoffroy, established from the drawings of Com- 



merson, M. Desmarest excludes from his series as not being perfectly ascertained. 



It includes three species, major, medins, and minor. 



ORDER III. CHEIROPTERA. 



GENERAL form disposed for flight. Incisors variable in num- 

 ber ; canines more or less strong ; molars sometimes covered 

 with points, sometimes furrowed longitudinally ; a fold of 

 skin between the four members and the fingers of the anterior 



