Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.