Spectral Tarsier
The Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius spectrum) is a member of the Tarsier family and living on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is also reffered to as 'Sulawesi Tarsier'. It is about 25 centimeters long and weighs 94–154 grams. They sleep in hollow trees, palm trees, or thick vines. Spectral Tarsiers are not very social animals, they encounter each other only once in a while during the night when they feed on insects. During the day they sleep most of the time and socially interact only a short time of the day. They are polygamous, female spectral tarsiers give one birth a year and the gestation period lasts 190 days. Interesting fact: The Spectral Tarsier is a world record holder: it has the largest eye to body size ratio of all mammals.
Picture of the Spectral Tarsier by Bwmodular, licensed under GFDL
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bob (Email) - 27 04 07 - 15:26
the worlds smallest primate… who knows this may be what we used to be like? x dose anybody know if there are any in captivity in britain?
maddie - 11 02 08 - 16:02