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  Pygmy Tarsier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Philippine Tarsier: Bornean tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) of Borneo and Sumatra, the spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrum), the lesser spectral tarsier or pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus...
Pygmy Tarsier Tarsius pumilus Miller and Hollister, 1921.
ADW: Tarsius pumilus: Classification: Tarsius pumilus (pygmy tarsier).
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 Tarsier - Wikipedia
Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae, genus Tarsius) are a genus of prosimian primates, previously classified as strepsirhines, but now classified as haplorhines, though still not considered to be monkeys.
Once found in Asia, Europe and North America, tarsiers are now only found on several Southeast Asian islands including the Philippines, Sulawesi, Borneo, and Sumatra.
When caged, some Tarsiers have been known to injure and even kill themselves because of the stress [1].
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 Tarsius spectrum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Spectral Tarsier, Tarsius spectrum; Philippine Tarsier, Tarsius syrichta.
Tarsius bancanus Westlig tarsier Tarsius pumilus Pygmæ tarsier Tarsius spectrum Spectral tarsier Tarsius syrichta Philippine tarsier.
Tarsier born in captivity in Sarangani:...bancanus, found in southern Sumatra and the nearby islands of Bangka and Belitung, Borneo and the nearby Karimataand Serasan Islands; Tarsius spectrum found in...
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 Tarsiers
Tarsiers' hair has a silky, velvety texture, and their coloration ranges from grayish brown to dark brown, to ocher, beige and sand-colored.
Tarsiers sleep in different places in their territory daily, and arise from slumber at sundown or during early evening, when insects are most active.
Tarsiers are territorial; males mark their area, which is approximately 1 hectare, with urine on branches or with a special secretion from their epigastic gland.
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 yehey! News
The pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) is considerably smaller than the Philippine Tarsier, while the pygmy mouse lemur, found only in Madagascar, is now being recognized as the smallest primate in the world.
A Tarsier is a monkey with an elongated tarsus, or ankle bone.
Tarsiers have their natural habitat in T'boli, South Cotabato and in the forests of Celebes, Sumatra, and Borneo.
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 tarsier
Tarsiers are probably the most advanced group of prosimians in relation to the higher primates.
A tarsier marks the trees in its territory with urine and by rubbing its scent glands against the bark.
A tarsier may rub its face on branches to clean itself.
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 Bundok Philippines - The Tarsier
Tarsiers are certainly small -- an adult can easily fit in the palm of a person's hand but the smallest primate is the pygmy mouse lemur.
Tarsiers are probably more susceptible to the stress of captivity compared to their larger cousins, the monkeys, and tarsiers aren't very long-lived.
At one of the houses of the boatmen along the river, eight tarsiers were kept in a hutch in the courtyard.
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Tarsiers are voracious and eat up to 10% of their body weight each day.
The tarsier’s eye structure clearly indicates that it had a diurnal ancestor; it has a focusing point in the retina known as a fovea which is useful only in daylight.
Tarsiers are usually found in family groups (based on a stable pair bond) or by themselves.
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 A Visit to the Philippine Tarsier
But don't let this disillusion you, the Philippine tarsier is still a very special animal, well worth a day trip while you're on Bohol, and for some it is even the reason for their trip, and with an average 130 grams for an adult Philippine tarsier, it is still one of the smallest primates...
To protect the tarsier, in 1996, the Philippine Tarsier Foundation was founded, and has since acquired a sanctuary of about 167 hectares in the municipalities of Corella and Sikatuna in Bohol, and constructed a research and development center, where visitors are also welcome to meet the tarsier.
Tarsiers are the cutes thing I am doing a rerserch project on it and i wanted to know how long it lives i want you to send me pictures of tarsiers plaese i love those little things.
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 The Philippine Tarsier
The pygmy tarsier, by the way, is considerably smaller than the Philippine tarsier, while the pygmy mouse lemur, found only in Madagascar, is now being recognized as the smallest primate in the world.
Currently, the Philippine tarsier is categorized as a "lower risk, conservation dependent" species, which means that, although it is not yet categorized as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered, it could qualify for one of those categories within five years if the present protection programs are stopped.
In tarsiers, the internal structures of the nose and ears and the blood supply to the brain and to a developing fetus are more like those of monkeys than of lorises.
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 2 tarsiers released to the wild in Magpet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tarsiers, known among the Bagobos here as “Tenakak,” were released to their natural habitat, the Palibgon River, Barangay Pangao-an, a remote village in Magpet.
The Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius syrichta or Simia syrichta).
Tarsiers are also found in the hinterlands of Tulunan in North Cotabato; M’lang town near the Liguasan marsh; Davao del Sur, and several towns in Sarangani province.
www.mindanews.com /2004/12/03nws-tarsier.html   (335 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition (2003)
Fogden, M.P.L. A preliminary field study of the western tarsier, Tarsius bancanus Horsefield.
Kano, T. An ecological study of the pygmy chimpanzees (Pan paniscus) of Yalosidi, Republic of Zaire.
Feeding ecology of the pygmy chimpanzees (Pan paniscus) of Wamba.
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 Zoology -- Primates -- Prosimians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
-- Pygmy or Lesser Slow Loris -- [ *duke
-- Western or Horsfield's Tarsier -- [ wisc
-- Sangihe Island Tarsier -- [ wisc ]
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 Broadmining: Tarsier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae, genus Tarsius) are a genus of
Once found in Asia, Europe and North America, tarsiers are now mainly found on several Southeast Asian islands including the Philippines,
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 Set of 5 Lesser Primates Comparative Set Bone Clones COMP-108
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Grants have gone to study leaf monkeys (24%), apes (23%), lemurs (22%), cheek pouch monkeys (15%), prosimians (6%), new world monkeys (6%) and tarsiers (4%).
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