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V. 
TARSIER. 
Four upper cutting-teeth placed near together: lateral ones very 
small 3 two lower verticaL 
I ■ Le Tarsier de Pallas. Tarsius Pallasli, With obtuse cutting- 
teeth j the superior middle ones rather short. 
Lemur Spectrum. PalL glires, 
2. Le Tarsier de Daubenton. Tarsius Dauhentonii. With weak cut- 
ting-teeth 3 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. 
