TARSIER

tärˈsēər, small, nocturnal, forest-dwelling prosimian primate, genus Tarsius. There are at least three species found in the Philippines, in Sumatra and Borneo, and in Sulawesi. Tarsiers are about 6 in. (15 cm) long with a 10 in. (25 cm) hairless tail, and weigh about 4.5 oz (130 g). The body is covered with dense brown fur. Enormous round eyes are set close together in a flat face. Tarsiers' legs are specialized for climbing and jumping and end in long, thin digits bearing adhesive pads. They feed on insects and reptiles. They are believed to mate for life and to form family groups. Tarsiers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Primates, family Tarsiidae.

See M. Kavanagh, Monkeys, Apes and Other Primates (1983); J. R. Napier and P. H. Napier, The Natural History of the Primates (1985).

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books on: Tarsier  - 69 results

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International Wildlife Encyclopedia - Vol. 19
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: Zoology--Dictionaries
A Philippine tarsier on the alert. In...relation to body size, tarsiers have the largest...in one hand, the tarsier tends to pull at...Precocious babies Most tarsiers can breed throughout...though the spectral tarsier tends to breed at...
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Kinship and Behavior in Primates
Book by Bernard Chapais, Carol M. Berman; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Kin Recognition In Animals, Primates--Behavior
...Press. Gursky, S. 1994. Infant care in the spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrum), Sulawesi, Indonesia. Int...1997. Group size and composition in the spectral tarsier, Tarsier spectrum: impli- cations for social organization...
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Evolution, Genetics, and Man
Book by Theodosius Dobzhansky; John Wiley & Sons, 1955
Subjects: Evolution, Genetics, Human Beings--Origin
...bark and similar places. The spectral tarsier Tarsius spectrum , Figure 13.1 is the...face, lips, and brain of the spectral tarsier make this little animal about the size...anthropoids on the other. And yet the tarsier shows several features which make him...
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The Human Species: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Book by Frederick S. Hulse; Random House, 1963
Subjects: Human Evolution, Physical Anthropology
...Like the galago, the tarsier makes its living by jumping...when the light is dim. The tarsiers enormous eyes make its vision...the other Prosimii, the tarsier lacks color vision. Unlike other Prosimii, the tarsiers eyes are set in complete...
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Fields of Psychology: A Study of Man and His Environment
Book by Glenn Devere Higginson; H. Holt and Company, 1931
Subjects: Psychology
...primitive lemuroid perhaps quite similar to the little living mammal, Spectral Tarsier, succeeded in doing. Spectral Tarsier: A Very Primitive "Monkey". Spectral Tarsier from a scientific view is an important creature. Tiny enough to sit with...
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The History of Faunal Terms in Austronesian Languages
Journal article by Robert Blust; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 41, 2002
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Research, Historical linguistics--Research, Language and languages--Word frequency, Linguistic paleontology--Research
...first time, as well as more primitive primates such as the tarsier. Reflexes of * kalabet gibbon are fairly widespread in northern...Sundanese buut squirrel, and Old Javanese wut half-ape (tarsier, lemur), Modem Javanese but whisking motion; do quickly...
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The Greater North Borneo Hypothesis
Journal article by Robert Blust; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 49, 2010
Subjects: Asian languages--Research
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Five-year-olds' Beliefs about the Discreteness of Category Boundaries for Animals and Artifacts
Journal article by Marjorie Rhodes, Susan A. Gelman; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Vol. 16, 2009
Subjects: Adults, Animal cognition, Cognition & reasoning
...no." Items included four typical mammals (pig, monkey, cat, dog), four atypical and unfamiliar mammals (armadillo, tarsier, Matschies tree kangaroo, pangolin), and four animals that were not mammals (penguin, frog, shark, turtle). After...
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Uncertainty, Humility, and Adaptation in the Tropical Forest: The Agricultural Augury of the Kantu'
Journal article by Michael R. Dove; Ethnology, Vol. 32, 1993
Subjects: Divination--Borneo, Ethnology--Borneo, Shifting cultivation--Social aspects
...include the beruang (Malayan sun bear), bintang andau (the sun and stars seen together in early morning), ingkat (Western tarsier), kayu rebah (falling tree), kenawang (red-headed krait), kijang (barking deer), kuai (chameleon), merajus...


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A FOOL FOR TARSIERS - Once Ridiculed for His Quest to Save the Philippines' Tiniest Primates, Carlito Pizarras Is Now Viewed as a National Treasure
Magazine article by Floyd Whaley; International Wildlife, May-June 2000
Subjects: Philippines--Plants and animals, Pizarras, Carlito--Conduct of life, Primates--Behavior
...could see that the tarsier was not feeding...keeping a group of tarsiers alive in captivity...researchers think tarsiers are part of a more...classify the Philippine tarsier and its cousins...continue to kill tarsiers because of the mistaken...at the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, helping...
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Blekko: a New Search Approach
Magazine article by Greg R. Notess; Online, Vol. 35, March 2011
Subjects: Blekko Inc, Online data bases, Online information services, Search engines, United States
...overly cute, diminutive primate, the tarsier. A search at blekko gives 20 textual...ever-dominant Wikipedia entry. Search tarsier at Bing, and four videos appear at the...own web crawl. Try a blekko search on tarsier /images, and a collection of image results...
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Mammals in the Extreme: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time Finally Have Emerged-And Are on View for All to See
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 138, September 2009
Subjects: Evolutionary biology, Fossils
...eyes and protect them as they work. * A tiny nocturnal primate, the tarsier has eyeballs that bulge too tightly against the skull to pivot. To see around itself, a tarsier must swivel its entire head, which can rotate nearly 180degrees in each...
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Harried by the Mob
Magazine article by Nick W. Atkinson; Natural History, Vol. 115, June 2006
Subjects: Animal behavior, Monkeys & apes
...should spectral tarsiers-tiny primates that...instead? The spectral tarsier is a nocturnal primate...spot a snake, the tarsiers often make loud calls...experiments with tarsiers and rubber snakes. Most of the tarsier mob, Gursky discovered...
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The History of a Miracle
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 78, October 2006
Subjects: Life (Biology)--Evaluation, Life (Biology)--History
...000 in one breeding season Opposite: tarsier, Sabah, Borneo. Believed to be rebated...Southeast Asia some 50 million years ago, tarsiers are nocturnal predators, feeding mostly...nocturnal animals, such as cats, possess, tarsiers have evolved the largest eyes of any...
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Tarsier Protection under Way
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 8, 2010
Subjects: Conservation International Foundation, Extinction (Biology)
Tarsier Protection under Way. MANILA, Philippines - Facing the serious threats of tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) extinction in the country...yesterday laid out plans for the protection of tarsier under the Adopt-a-Wildlife-Species (AAWS...
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Pacquiao Pledges P100,000 for Conservation of Tarsier
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 26, 2008
...Pledges P100,000 for Conservation of Tarsier. Byline: Ellalyn B. de Vera World Boxing...advocating the conservation of the Philippine Tarsier, one of the smallest primates in the...conservation and breeding of the Philippine Tarsier at the Department of Environment and Natural...
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Agreement Reached to Stop Feeding Tarsiers
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 6, 2009
...to Stop Feeding Tarsiers. TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol mdash; Tarsier establishment operators...to stop feeding tarsiers, an endangered...would frighten the tarsiers.An agreement on...tourists in one tarsier area would now be...
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US-Based Group Launches Study on Tarsiers in South Cotabato's Mt. Matutum
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 3, 2011
Subjects: Endangered species--Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation--Protection and preservation
...there learned that tarsiers could be found in...failing to see any tarsier.The survey for tarsiers will involve walking...they hope to save the tarsiers in Mt. Matutum from...extinctionThe Philippine tarsier, which has brought...
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Philippine Tarsiers Thrive in Bohol
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 12, 2011
Philippine Tarsiers Thrive in Bohol...The Philippine Tarsier - considered the...vulnerable.When tarsiers are stressed, they...the Philippine tarsier are free to roam...policy allowed then tarsiers to live on a better...Chocolate Hills, the Tarsier Conservation Area...
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Tarsier
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TARSIER tar se r, small, nocturnal...Borneo, and in Sulawesi. Tarsiers are about 6 in. (15 cm...together in a flat face. Tarsiers legs are specialized for climbing...and to form family groups. Tarsiers are classified in the phylum...


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