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TARSIER. 



Lemur Tarsier. L. caudatus cinereus, cauda gracili subnuda apice 



subfloccosa, pe dibits posterioribus longissimis. 

 Long-tailed ash-coloured Lemur, with slender and almost naked 



tail, tufted at the end, and very long hind feet. 

 Tarsier. Buff. 13./. 8j.pl. 9. 



Didelphis Macrotarsus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gtnel. p. 109. 

 Tarsier Maucauco. Pennant Quadr. l.p. 231. 



This animal is distinguished by the great 

 length of its hind legs. Its general length from 

 the nose to the tail is almost six inches ; and from 

 the nose to the hind toes eleven inches and a 

 half: the tail nine inches and a half. The face 

 is sharp or pointed : the eyes very large and full : 

 the ears upright, broad, naked, and rounded. 

 Between the ears on the top of the head is a tuft 

 of long hairs : several long hairs also proceed from 

 each side of the upper chap : in each jaw, accord- 

 ing to the observation of Mr. Pennant, are two 

 cutting, and two canine teeth, forming an excep- 

 tion in this respect to the rest of the genus. The 

 body is of a slender form ; the feet are slender 

 and the claws pointed : the thumbs are large and 

 rounded. The legs and feet are but thinly co- 

 vered with hair: the tail also is thinly covered, 

 except towards the end, where it is terminated by 

 a tuft. The colour of this species is grey-brown 

 or mouse-colour, paler beneath. It is a native of 

 Amboina and some other East-Indian Islands. 



