TARSIEP. 
what better acquainted with this animal 
which is a native of the remotest islands o 
India, especially of Amboyna : and, accordinj 
to Pallas, it is called, by the Macassars, th 
I'odje. 
It is the Didelphis Macrotarsus, of th 
Linn^ean systeni ; and the Ta^rsier Maucauco 
of Pennant. 
The following description, by Pennant, i 
■from two fine specimens of this aniinal pre 
served in Dr. Planter's Museum, There is 
also, a good specimen in the Leverian Mu 
seum. 
It has, according to Pennant, a pointe( 
visage; a slender nose, bilobatcd at the end 
eyes large and prcminent; and ears erect 
broad, naked, semi-transparent, and an incl 
and a half long. Between the ears, on th 
top of the head, is a tuft oi long hr.irs ; and 
on each side of the nose, and on the nppe; 
eye-brow, are Jong liairs. In each jaw ar( 
two cutting and two canine teeth ; whic 
form an exception in this genus, There an 
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