Tarsius

Tar´si`us

n.

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(Zool.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; - called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Tarsius - type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae genus Tarsius mammal genus - a genus of mammals family Tarsiidae, Tarsiidae - coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers tarsier - nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates