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Tarsier Facts


Do you know the smallest monkey spends its entire life on trees? Yes! It's true. Tarsier, an unusual mammal, just keeps clinging to the trunk of the trees, even while sleeping and giving birth to the young ones. Isn't it amazing? This nocturnal animal has large eyes, a long tail and ears with almost no hair. It is a carnivores animal and can move its ears to determine the location of the prey. The most unusual thing about this animal is its flexible neck that it can turn up to 180 degrees. Tarsier is about the size of squirrel but it has long tail. Since they can't walk, they hop when they on ground and mark their trees with their urine. Interesting Tarsier fact is that Tarsier is neither a monkey nor a primate. It is something in between. Philippines' tarsiers are smallest of all tarsiers and their eyes are as big as their brain.





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wow
big eyes
wow at 09:48AM, May 16th 2012.
Breanna
im doing a project in school on the cute monkey an now i know much more its a very interesting animal an a mouse is not related to it a flying squrill is.
Breanna at 02:00PM, Mar 9th 2012.
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As far as I know the Tarsier from Bohol in the Phillippines is the smallest monkey in the world. But I heard that there is a smaller monkey in South America, isn't it?
www.creditcardflyers.com at 05:53AM, Nov 25th 2011.
everyone agrees
even i can turn my head 180 degrees
everyone agrees at 05:02AM, Sep 13th 2011.
Gribble
Thank you Lindsey Billings for clearing that up. As I was reading I thought to myself, "How can it 'not be a monkey nor a primate'"? For a monkey IS a primate. Hence it could NEVER be 'something in between'. It just doesn't make sense. An object cannot be between A and B where A is a subset of B. That's like saying "He's neither a boy nor a male but something in-between."

Gribble at 12:24PM, Jun 19th 2011.
lindsay billings
A tarsier is a prosimian. Not a monkey, not an ape. A prosimian. It is in a genus below apes and monkeys, and is one of the most developed of the prosimians (which includes lemurs and lorises). The head can turn just over 180 degree due to a joint at the base of the spine connecting to the skull. It is a nocturnal, arboreal primate.
lindsay billings at 03:50PM, Mar 31st 2011.
Deliberatus
OK, so if it's not a monkey, and no one can agree on what it is if it's not, then what is it, and in the meantime can I just call it a monkey pro tem?
Deliberatus at 11:08AM, Nov 6th 2010.
Isaac
Spell check (they)..
Isaac at 09:17PM, Sep 17th 2010.
Nate
If it spends its entire life in trees, how does it hop on the ground marking territory?
Nate at 01:12PM, Sep 15th 2010.
bob
ive got a small monkey
bob at 06:32AM, Sep 6th 2010.
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This is amazing information and I also want to see this unique animal is this possible? and certainly the most unusual thing about this animal is its flexible neck that it can turn up to 360 degrees.
College Term Paper at 02:38AM, Aug 31st 2010.
alex
i wish they were in my back yard
alex at 04:16PM, Jul 26th 2010.
jimmy the
i want one
jimmy the at 10:20AM, Jun 4th 2010.
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I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well.
Custom writing at 02:57AM, Jun 1st 2010.
Bridget
That monkey is like one of the cutiest things ive ever seen in my life.
Bridget at 07:59AM, May 27th 2010.
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Blogs are so informative where we get lots of information on any topic. Nice job keep it up!!
Term Papers at 06:23AM, Apr 5th 2010.
Kaylyn
Its relative is probably a mouse,
look at that tail! lol
Kaylyn at 10:42AM, Apr 1st 2010.
eden
its not a monkey and he cant move his eyes thats why he can move his head 180 degrees
eden at 03:23PM, Feb 28th 2010.
alexa
they can only move there heads 180 degrees not 360 degrees
alexa at 04:49PM, Feb 18th 2010.
trina
First one is fake

trina at 01:10PM, Jan 13th 2010.
caroline
That's why tarsier called the smallest monkey because they have the same physical appearance like a monkey.It's in the family of mammals that closest to monkeys.
caroline at 10:14PM, Dec 10th 2009.
nay
If it's not a monkey, then claiming that it is "The smallest monkey" doesn't seem very logical, eh?
nay at 03:19PM, Dec 7th 2009.
Angie
woooow
Angie at 07:38PM, Nov 30th 2009.

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