What is the Philippine Tarsier?
Filipin Tarsier is a small primacy that lives in the forest areas of some islands in the Philippines. This small animal has a very strong appearance as part of a larger family Tarsiers. The Philippine Tarsier also goes through the local name Maumag or Mamag. The scientific name is Tarsius Syricht or Carito Syricht .
In taxonomy, the Philippine Tarsier is part of the Tarsiidae family, which dates back to antiquity. The disproportionately long ankle shows its integration into this mammalian family. The Philippine Tarsier is an arboreal and long ankles together with other features allow you to jump from a tree to a tree.
This small animal has a unique face, partly because of its huge bulbous eyes that do not turn into the head. The head and body are round and squats. This Tarsier species has developed numbers, gray or brown fur coat and colorless, thin tail. The Philippine Tarsier grows only about 6 inches (160 mm) long.
The tarsier lifestyle is night and this animal exists on the insect diet. Philippine TarsiER often catches insects of burnt wood. It can also sometimes feed on more food, such as small birds. In captivity, some research teams said these animals ate seafood like shrimp.
Filipin Tarsier is now an endangered species. The specific category of its threat is not among the worst, but its world population has largely decreased. The advocates point to the destruction of their forest habitat as the main driving force of its declining population.
In addition to the destruction of forests, there are parts of the Philippines that were previously common, killing and filling these animals for sale. The stuffed Tarsier was undoubtedly popular, but with the species to extinction was the tradition of Banned. Instead, many visitors may want to see live Tarsies on the natural tours of the Philippines.
As far as the real relationship of the Philippine Tarsier to other mammals, this idea has caused some controversy. While TarsierIt has a lot in common with the monkeys, others consider this creature primarily related to the Lemur family. In both cases, this animal is one of the smallest examples of a primate form.