TARSIUS 
BANC ANUS. 
Obd. 11^ Quadrumanes, Cuvier. $P Famille, les Makis, Cm. 
Les Lemuriens, — Strepsirrhini, — Geoffrey St. Hilaire. 
Ord. L Primates, Linn. Syst 
Ord. II. Pollicata, Iltiger* Fam. 4. Macrotarsi. 
TARSIUS, S/or/-. Car. G<?<# lllig. 
Lemur, Pallas. Macrotajisus, Lacep. 
Didelphis, Linn. Gmel, Prosimia, Bodd. 
Char. Gek. — Dentium formula; Primores \ seu % Laniarii iEi, Molares ^ sen 
Primores dissimillimi, variabiles, supra aliis 4 aliis % intermedii longiorcs acuti (aut 
nulli), 2 externi minimi : infra 2 erecti (aut obliqui). Laniarii utrinque primo- 
ribus breviores. Molares utrinque utrinsecus 6 (intcrdum 5) anteriores unicus- 
pides, laniarios aemulantes, posteriores majores multicuspides. 
Rostrum breve acutum. Oculi magni, antrorsum versi, approximati. Auricula? 
nudae magna? aut mediocres. Cauda longissima apice floccosa. Pedes omnes 
manibus pentadactylis. Tarsi longissimi. Ungues lamnares, triangulares, plani 
exceptis digiti secundi et tertii pedum posteriorum qui sunt verticales, subulati, 
erecti 
Tarsius fuscus, dentibus primoribus intermediis maxillae superioris nullis, auriculis 
rotundatis horizontalibus capite brevioribus. 
ALTHOUGH tbe Tarsius from Banca agrees in tbe essential points with the 
other species of this singular genus, which have hitherto been discovered, it exhibits 
the following peculiarities. It has no intermediate front teeth, and the exterior tooth 
on each side is, comparatively with the other species, extremely minute. Counting 
(with Desmarest) one canine tooth on each side, above and beneath, it has only five 
grinders in each jaw. The ears, instead of rising in an erect position, are placed 
horizontally backward, and are proportionally short. On its structure and peculi- 
arities I have further to add the following remarks The head, in proportion to the 
size of the body, is large ; the arch of the forehead rises high, and the occiput is 
regularly spheroidal. The proximity of disposition and excessive size of the eyes, 
is equally characteristic in tins as in other species. The rostrum, or extremity of 
