Friday, April 20, 2012

The tarsier






The tarsier is a small primate was once found in Asia,Europe,and North America, and possibly Africa.Today the tarsier is only found on several Southeast Asian islands including the Philippines,Sulawesi,Borneo,and Sumatra.Tarsiers are small animals with enormous eyes with each eyeball of the tarsier measuring approximately 16 mm in diameter which is as large as their entire brain.Tarsiers also have very long hind limbs and the feet of the tarsier have extremely elongated tarsus bones,from which the animals get their name.

source: http://animal-wildlife.blogspot.com/2011/08/tarsier.html

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