tarsier n 1: 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
Tarsier \Tar"si*er\, n. [Cf. F. tarsier.] See {Tarsius}. [1913 Webster]
Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (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}. [1913 Webster]