Definition of Genus tarsius

1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae.

Exact synonyms: Tarsius
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Tarsiidae, Tarsiidae
Member holonyms: Tarsier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tarsius

genus Tamandua
genus Tamarindus
genus Tamarix
genus Tamias
genus Tamiasciurus
genus Tamus
genus Tanacetum
genus Tantilla
genus Tapirus
genus Taraktagenos
genus Taraktogenos
genus Taraxacum
genus Taricha
genus Tarpon
genus Tarrietia
genus Tarsius
genus Taurotragus
genus Tautoga
genus Tautogolabrus
genus Taxidea
genus Taxodium
genus Taxus
genus Tectaria
genus Tectona
genus Telanthera
genus Tellima
genus Telopea
genus Templetonia
genus Tenrec

Literary usage of Genus tarsius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"genus tarsius (Stone).—The Tarsiers are so named because of their long tarsi (foot bones). By this character, and by their general form, they greatly ..."

2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1868)
"... whilst almost from the base and widely diverging a twig arises which symbolises the very anomalous genus Tarsius ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"In the genus tarsius (Storr) there are only 2 lower incisors, and the molars have several acute tubercles like the ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"TARSIER, a small lemur of the genus Tarsius, having extremely long hind legs, especially in the thin tarsal portion, large, slender toes and enormous eyes. ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"This family also consists of but a single genus, Tarsius, to whicli it is the general opinion that but a single species belongs; there are, however, ..."

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