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THE recent death of the adult male and last survivor of the three Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius carbonarius) lately in the Zoological Society's menagerie has enabled me to determine the existence of a specialized cutaneous gland hitherto unknown. The only special glands of integumental origin so far known in Tarsius are the circumanal glands and those associated with the touch-pads of the manus and pes1.
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HILL, W. Epigastric Gland of Tarsius. Nature 167, 994 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167994a0
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