96 DAUBENTONIIDE. 
Fam. V. TARSIIDZE. 
Cutting-teeth 4, erect, cylindrical, conical; the two upper front 
elongate, acute; the lower ascending obliquely, crowded between 
the canines. Grinders $8.8. 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, Gray, Ann. Phil, 1828, Tarside, Gray, P.Z. S. 1868, p. 150. 
TARSIUS. 
Tarsius, Storr, 1780; Daub. 1792. Macrotarsus, Cuv. § Geof. Tar- 
sier, Lacép. Prosimia, Shaw. Cephalophacus, Swainson, 1835, 
Hypsicebus, Lesson, 1840. Rubienus, Gray, 1821. 
Tarsius spectrum. The Tarsier. B.M. 
Tarsius spectrum, Geoff; Dahlbom, ee t. 11 (skeleton). T. 
Pallasii, Geoff. T. Daubentonii, Audeb.; Geoff. T. fuscomanus, 
Fischer. T. bancanus, Horsf. Java. t. Ceph ophacus bancanus, 
Swainson, Lard. Encyc. Hypsicebus bancanus, Lesson, Spec. Mamm. 
‘Lemur tarsius, Eri. L. spectrum, Pallas. Didelphis macrotarsus, 
Gmelin. Tarsier, Buffon, H. N. xiii. Macrotarsus Buffonii, Link, 
Beytr. p. 66. Woolly Jerboa, Penn. p. 298. 
Hab. Borneo; Celebes. 
** Teeth of only two kinds. Canines none. 
Fam. VI. DAUBENTONIID. 
Cutting-teeth $, compressed, very large, with a space between 
them and the grinders. Canines none. Grinders 4.4. Limbs 
free. The fingers and toes well developed. The fingers very long 
and slender. The great toe broad. The index finger with a sharp 
curved claw. Claw of thumb flat. Face short. Tail elongate, 
hairy. 
Cheiromyide, Bonap.; I. Geoff. Cat. Cheiromyina, Gray, Ann. 
Phil. 1829, Glirisimie, Dahlbom. Daubentoniade, Gray, P. Z. S. 
1863, p. 161. 
DAUBENTONIA. 
Daubentonia, Geoff. Decad. Philos. iv. p. 193, 1795: Dahibom, 1851; 
Gray, P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 151. A oie Lacép. 1799. Cheiromys, 
Cuvier, 1800. ss a) Iitig. Prod. 1811. Mystipithecus, Blainv. 
