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Definition of Genus tarsius
1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Tarsiidae, Tarsiidae
Member holonyms: Tarsier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tarsius
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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