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TARSIER , the Anglicized See also:form of the scientific name of a small and aberrant See also:lemur-like See also:animal, Tarsius spectrum,inhabiting the See also:Malay See also:Peninsula and islands, and typifying a See also:family. The name tarsier refers to the See also:great See also:elongation of two of the bones of the See also:tarsus, or See also: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, 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, the tarsier has immense eyes, large ears, a See also:long thin tail, tufted at the end, a greatly elongated tarsal portion of the See also: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 of the genus are now recognized, whose range includes the Malay Peninsula, See also:Java, See also:Sumatra, See also:Borneo, See also:Celebes and some of the Philippines. The tarsier feeds chiefly on See also:insects and lizards, sleeps during the See also:day, but is tolerably active at See also:night, moving chiefly by See also:jumping from See also:place to place; an See also:action for which the structure of its See also: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 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.) (R.
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