8 TARSIUS 



and closed in by the malar and alisphenoid ; outer upper incisors larger 

 than inner ; canines small ; premolars pointed, the first the smallest ; the 

 last molar has two cusps, one external, one internal ; only two incisors 

 on lower jaw; the first and second lower molars have four cusps, the 

 last one five. 



LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES. 



1777. Erxleben, Systema Regni Animalis. 



In this work the name Lemur tarsier was given to 'Le Tarsier' 



of Buffbn, which is an undeterminable species. 

 1780. Storr, Prodromus Methodi Mammalium. 



The genus Tarsius here first instituted for the Lemur tar- 

 sier Erxleben, which is undeterminable. 

 1804. Fischer, Anatomie der Maki und der ihnen verwandten Thiere. 



Tarsius fuscus first described. 

 1824. HorsHeld, Zoological Researches in Java. 



Tarsius bancanus first described. 

 1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru- 



manes. 



The Tarsiers are here included in two genera Tarsius with 



T. spectrum undeterminable, and T. spectrum Var., and T. 



fuscus; and Hypsicebus with one species (H.) bancanus. 

 1846. Burmeister, Beitrdge zur n'dheren Kenntniss der Gattung Tar- 

 sius. 



Tarsius fuscus redescribed as T. Hscheri. 

 1896. Meyer, in Abhandlungen und Berichte des Konigl. Zoologischen 



und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museum zu Dresden. 



T. philippinensis first described from Island of Samar. 

 1899. Meyer, in Abhandlungen und Berichte des Konigl. Zoologischen 



und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischcn Museum zu Dresden. 



T. sanghirensis from Sanghir Island first named. Species 



not yet established. 

 1910. Miller, in Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 



T. fraterculus from Island of Bohol first described. 

 1910. D. G. Elliot, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural 



History, Nezv York. 



T. saltator from Billiton Island, and T. borneanus from 



Borneo first described ; and Le Tarsier Buffbn shown to be 



undeterminable. 





