is not a lemur, is in fact a Tarsius Syrichta


Tarsius Syrichta: Not 'The World's Smallest Monkey'
The Philippine tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than a adult men's hand. Mostly active at night, it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal, but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Bohol, and Mindanao in the Philippines.

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Which raises the question, if that isn't the world's smallest primate, which is?

Introducing, the slender loris






There is a type of lemur called a mouse lemur, but doesn't look like the dramatic lemur as much a tarsier does.








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Imago said:

I saw that thread

and it really bugged me at the time. I argued with Jamie about it being a lemur, he was happy for it to be a mouse lemur. I can sleep easy now I know it is a tarsier. A dramatic TARSIER.

Imago said:

I bet you have a room for the printed version of the org ...

I was just watching a show about lemurs last night on the Animal Planet channel.



They sure do have long tails, don't they? For some silly reason, I used to think that they were related to racoons, because of their striped tails. Silly me.

ZombieKitten said:

That lemur is kinda freaky.

you've totally ruined it for me now

sammij said:

dramatic chipmunk is a prairie dog

psychodelicide said:

it's NOT a lemur

ZombieKitten said:

No? Guess I need to read it again.

That was scary!

I like your thread better than Dans.

ArielB said:

mine is educational

ZombieKitten said:

Yes. Plus you have a nice rack.

ArielB said:

that goes without saying

i find this one hilarious, I have no idea what it is though

it's a possum!

this one is a ringtail


and this one is a brushtail


and WTF!
this is a Lemuroid ringtail possum


this one is an opossum

ZombieKitten said:

wow, thanks for posting, they are a very fascinating creature, my brother sent me the pic I posted, when he was in Australia and it sorta became a fav pic of mine,

Whitnail said:

no worries just remember, if anxy asks, possums are cute, but opossums are NOT.

jami0mckay said:

just ask me! I am now an expert! marsupials, primates, you name it!

ZombieKitten said:

is it true koalas have the same fingerprints as humans?

jami0mckay said:

only humans with 2 thumbs on each hand