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Philippine Tarsier — printable fact sheet
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Philippine Tarsier
Carlito syrichta
The Philippine tarsier is a small primate known for its enormous eyes and remarkable leaping ability. Native to the forests of the Philippines, this nocturnal animal spends most of its time clinging to tree branches and hunting insects under the cover of darkness. With its uniqu…
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- Unlike most primates, tarsiers are entirely carnivorous, feeding exclusively on insects and small vertebrates.
- Tarsiers have the largest eye-to-body size ratio of any mammal, and each eye is actually larger than their brain. They can jump more than 40 times their own body length in a single leap.
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