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MURINE LEMUR* 
iers it as an exception from the genus with which 
he has classed it, on account of its having in each 
jaw, only two cutting and two canine teeth ; its 
name is derived from that part of the foot called 
the' tarsus, the bones of which are prodigiously 
long in proportion to the size of the animal, 
which is no bigger than a middling rat ; its 
length from nose to tail is near six inches, to 
the hind toes eleven and a half ; its tail nine inches 
and a half. 
The tarsier, called by the Macassars, podje, has 
a pointed visage, a slender nose, ending in two 
lobes ; eyes large and prominent ; ears erect, 
broad, naked, and semi-transparent, an inch and a 
half long ; between them, on the top of the head, 
it has a tuft of long hairs ; four slender toes, and 
a distinct thumb on each foot, with sharp -pointed 
claws ; the thumbs of the hind feet are broad, 
and greatly dilated at their ends ; the hairs on 
the legs and feet short, white, and thin ; the tail 
is almost naked ; the greater part of it is round 
and scaly like that of a rat ; but grows hairy 
towards the end, which is tufted ; the hair on its 
body is soft, but not curled, of an ash colour 
mixed with tawny. 
It inhabits the remotest islands of India, espe- 
cially Axnboina, 
Little maucauco, or murine lemur. 
This seems to be the same animal which Buffon 
calls the Madagascar rat. It is supposed to live 
in the palm trees, and to feed on fruits ; it eats, 
holding its food in its fore feet, like the squirrels ; 
is lively, has a weak cry, and rolls itself up when 
it sleeps ; it is rather less than the black rat ; it 
has a dark space round its eyes, which are very 
large and full ; the upper parts of its body are 
