Chapter I: The Spectral Tarsier. Tarsius Tarsius

_Lemur tarsius_, Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., Mamm., p. 71 (1777).

_Tarsius spectrum_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 168 (1812); Dahlb.,
Studia, p. 231, tab. 11.

_Lemur spectrum_, Pallas, Nova Sp. Glir. Ord., p. 275, note (1778).

(_Plate II._)

CHARACTERS.--On the upper lip, sides of nostrils, and over the eyes long, delicate black hairs (_vibrissæ_); hair on nose very short, longer in front of ears and at angles of mouth. Fur of body generally thick, woolly, the basal two thirds slate-grey, the terminal third brownish-yellow. Face to forehead fawn-brown, somewhat darker around and between the enormous liquid brown eyes. Top and back of head and shoulders of a more uniform and darker shade; rest of back apparently mottled, owing to the light-tipped hairs of that region gathering into locks. Under side of body, inside of arms and legs paler. Tail darker brown, rufous at base of upper side. Size not exceeding that of a small Rat.

PLATE II.

{21}DISTRIBUTION.--Found only in the jungles of the Malayan islands of Sumatra, Java, Banka, Billiton, and Borneo.