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TARSIER. 



Four upper cutting- teeth placed near together: lateral ones very- 

 small} two lower vertical. 



1 . Le Tarsier de Pallas. Tarsius Pallasii. With obtuse cutting- 



teeth; the superior middle ones rather short. 

 Lemur Spectrum. Pall, glires. 



2. Le Tarsier de Daubentcn. Tarsius Daubentonii. With weak cut- 



ting-teeth ; the upper middle ones very long. 

 Tarsier. Daub. Buff. 13. 



The Tarsiers inhabit the remotest isles of the Indian ocean, 

 as Macassar, Amboina, &c. 



From the above distribution, it should seem 

 that Mons. Geoffroy has considered some animals 

 of this genus as distinct species, which are, per- 

 haps, rather varieties. It may also be added, that 

 if this exact observation of the teeth were attended 

 to, the genus Vespertilio might with equal pro- 

 priety be distributed into several distinct genera; 

 but it may be doubted whether the study of Na- 

 tural History would be facilitated by such an ar- 

 rangement. 



