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ORDER QUADRUMANA— GENUS TARSIERS. 



of a uniform fawn-grey colour ; while the under part of the lower jaw, the 

 throat, lower part of the neck, the chest, the inner side of the arms, the 

 belly, and external aspect of the hinder limbs, are white. The face and hands 

 are flesh colour, with a white longitudinal spot between the eyes. There 

 is no very manifest difference between the sexes. 



The habits of this animal are very similar to those previously detailed. 

 In confinement, he passes the entire day hid in a comfortable nest, rolled 

 up into a ball, and sound asleep ; but with the twilight he leaves his retreat, 

 and is active throughout the night. It is now that he eats and amuses 

 himself; exceedingly lively and active, he runs round his cage as if flying, 

 and will leap six feet vertically. He lives upon fruit, bread, and biscuits. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



1. The Little Maucauco (Penn. Quadr. I. 233), figured in Brown,' 

 Illustr. pi. 44, is either the young of the Senegal Galago, or the type 

 of a new species. It differs from the Madagascar Galago in having the 

 ears nearly as long as the head, and the tail reddish. 



2. Galago DEMiDomt (G. Fisch. in Act. Soc. Mosc. I. p. 24, fig. 

 1) is said to have its fur reddish-brown ; the muzzle blackish, and the ears 

 half as long as the head ; the tail is longer than the body, and ends In a 

 tuft. This animal is thought to have come from Senegal. M. Geoffroy 

 considers it to be the young of some other species. 



GENUS V. TARSIUS.— TARSIERS. 



Syn. Les Tarsiers. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 109. 



Tarsws.— Storr,^ Prodr.— Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. 167 — IlKg. Prodr. 



74. — Desm. Mam. 

 DiDELPHIS (in part). — Linn. Gmel. I. 109. 



GENERIC characters. 



The Head round. The Muzzle short and pointed. The Eyes very 



larce and approximated. The Ears large, naked, and membraneous. 



^ r^ T. 212-f C+(3 F-f3)M 18 „. 



The Dental Formula |_^^^^i_^J^=_=34. 



The Tarsus three times the length of the metatarsus. 

 The Tail very long, tufted at the end. 

 The Mamm^ two, ventral. Habits nocturnal. 



The Index and Middle Fingers of the hinder hands armed each with 

 a pointed nail. 



Inhabit the East Indian Archipelago. 



The Tarsiers have the elongated tarsi of the Galagoes, and re- 

 semble them in most of the details of their structure ; but the in- 

 terval between their true molars and incisors is occupied by several 

 smaller teeth, and the first or middle incisors of the upper jaw are 

 elongated and resemble the canines. Their muzzle is very short, 

 and their eyes are still larger than any of the preceding. 



These animals are of nocturnal habits, and live on Insects. They 

 come to us from the Moluccas [and other islands of the East Indian 

 Archipelago]. 



1. TARSIUS SPECTRUM PODJE TARSIER. 



Syn. Lemur Spectrum. — Pall.^ Glir. p. 273. 



Taesius Spectrum Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX Desm. Mam. 



MacrOtarsus Indicus — Lacep. 



DiDELPHIS macrotarsus Linn. Gmel. I. 109. 



Tarsier Maucauco Penn. Quadr. I. 231. 



Icon. Le Tarsier. — Buff. Hist. Nat. XIII. pi. 9 — Copied in Sclireb. Saiigtb. 

 pi. 155. 



Tarsius fuscus s. tuscomanus. — G. Fisch. Anat. Mak. pi. 3, 4. 



Tarsius Daubentonii Audeb. Sing. 



Taesius Bancanus (young). — Hovsf. Jav. 



The Podje, the only well-ascertained species of this genus, is of the size 

 of a Rat, measuring about six inches from the muzzle to the origin of 

 the tail ; this appendage is considerably longer. The head is round, the 

 ears are transparent and naked, and half the length of the head. The 

 snout is short and pointed, the eyes are remarkably large, and the posterior 

 extremities as long as the body and head taken together ; the extremities 

 almost naked, the nails short and flat, with the exception of those on the 



index and middle fingers of the hinder hands, which are hooked. The tailis 

 clothed with hair only at its base and tip. The fur, which lies close, is 

 of a dark reddish-brown colour. 



Of the habits of this animal but few particulars have been stated. It 

 lives upon trees, and pursues Insects. The name Pot/jeis applied to it by 

 the natives of the island of Macassar, where it abounds. 



ijiaginary species. 



1. T. Bancanus of Dr Horsfield, figured in his work on Java, is the 

 young of the Podje Tarsier according to Temminck. 



2. T. Daubentonii ; and, 



3. T. FuscoMANus of G. Fischer (Anat. Mak.), are identical with T. 

 Spectrum. 



DOUBTFUL GENUS.— CHIROGALEUS. 



Travellers should search for some animals, drawn by CommergorE 

 [the originals are deposited in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle], 

 and engraved by Geoffroy (Ann. Mus. XIX. pi. 10) under the 

 name of Cheirogaleus. These figures seem to indicate a new genus 

 or sub-genus of Quadrumanous animals. 



M. Geoffroy has the fullest conviction that these animals will turn out 

 to belong to a distinct genus. The accurate Commercon had carefully 

 sketched them of their natural size; and this after having prepared a his- 

 tory of the Lemurs, and examined all their minute and distinguishing 

 characteristics. These animals, like the Felinse, have the head round, 

 the nose and muzzle short, the lips armed with moustaches, the eyes large, 

 prominent, and approximated, and the ears short and oval. Their tail i» 

 long, very bushy, regularly cylindrical, and generally curling forward, some- 

 times upon itself, and sometimes round the animal's body. All these traits 

 correspond with those belonging to the Cat family. But to these we have 

 to add, that the phalanges of the extremities, widely separated, and 

 formed for grasping, hke those of the Lemurs and the Chirogalei, have 

 the four thumbs completely opposable, and apt for all their peculiar move- 

 ments. They are, moreover, supplied with broad nails, which are short 

 and flat. The nails, again, on all the other phalanges are straight, slender, 

 acute, surpassing considerably the fleshy extremity. These nails, how- 

 ever, are very different from the claws of Bears, Cats, &c , and in their 

 form and position much resemble the awl-shaped nail which in the Le- 

 murs is attached to the index finger of the hinder hand. 



The respective dimensions of the three species which the celebrated 

 traveller has sketched, supply the specific names vshich M. Geoffroy has 

 provisionally supplied to them. They are — 



1. Chirogaleus major Geoff., whose length is about twelve inches. 



It is of a dark brown colour, particularly about the chanfrin. 



2. Chirogaleus medius Geoff. Length nine inches. The colour 



is not so deep ; a black circle surrounds the eyes, and the chanfrin is 

 much lighter. 



3. Chirogaleus minor Geoff. Little more than seven inches long. 



The colour generally is much lighter, especially about the eyes and 

 chanfrin, which are both surrounded with a black circle. 



Are not these different ages of the same animal ? 



iVo/e Mr Waterhouse, in the Annals of Natural History, Vol. 11. p.. 



468, has described the skins of several Quadrumanous animals, brought 

 to the Zoological Society's Museum from Fernando Po. Not having had 

 an opportunity of examining the skins themselves, or of procuring draw- 

 ings, we have abstained from noticing them in the text. 



1. CoLOBUS Pennantii, Waterh., seems not to differ specifically from 

 the Bay Monkey of Pennant. 



2. CoLOBUs Satanas, Waterh., greatly resembles the Colobus Guereza 

 of Ruppell, if it be not absolutely identical therewith. 



3. Cercopithecus Martini, Waterh., founded upon two skins, of 

 which the face and hands were wanting, resembles the Vaulting Guenou 

 (C. nictitans). 



4. Cercopitheccts Erythrotis, Waterh., wanthig the face and hands, 

 seems to resemble the Moustache Guenon (C. Cephus). 



5. 6. Two others, Colobus leucomeros and C. ursinus, are mentioned 

 from the same locality. 



1 Brown, Illustr. — New Illustrations of Zoology, by Peter Brown. London, 1776. 



2 Storr, Prodr — Prodromus Method! Maramalium. Auctore Theophilus C. C. Storr. Tub. 1780. 



•5 Pall. Glir. — Novie Species Quadrupedum e Glirium ordine. Auctore Petro Sim. Pallas. Erlang. 1778. 



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