TARSIER  , the Anglicized See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the scientific name of a small and aberrant See also:

• LEMUR (from Lat. lemures, " ghosts ")

lemur-like See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal, Tarsius spectrum,inhabiting the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula and islands, and typifying a See also:

• FAMILY

family . The name tarsier refers to the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ELONGATION

elongation of two of the bones of the See also:

• TARSUS (mod. Tersous)

tarsus, or See also:

• ANKLE

ankle, and spectrum to the huge goggle-like eyes and attenuated form which constitute two of the most distinctive features of this weird little creature . In organization the tarsier departs markedly from other lemurs as regards several particulars, and thereby approximates to monkeys and apes . Rather smaller than a See also:

• SQUIRREL
• SQUIRREL (Fr. ecureuil)

squirrel, with dusky See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur, the tarsier has immense eyes, large ears, a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long thin tail, tufted at the end, a greatly elongated tarsal portion of the See also:

• FOOT

foot, and disk-like adhesive surfaces on the fingers, which doubtless assist the animal in maintaining its position on the boughs . Four See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus are now recognized, whose range includes the Malay Peninsula, See also:

• JAVA

Java, See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, See also:

• BORNEO

Borneo, See also:

• CELEBES

Celebes and some of the Philippines . The tarsier feeds chiefly on See also:

• INSECTS

insects and lizards, sleeps during the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, but is tolerably active at See also:

• NIGHT

night, moving chiefly by See also:

• JUMPING

jumping from See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place; an See also:

• ACTION

action for which the structure of its See also:

• HIND

hind-legs seems particularly well adapted . It is rare, not more than two being generally found together, and only brings forth one See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . (See See also:

• PRIMATES
• PRIMATES (Lat. primas, first)

PRIMATES.) (R .