
*The picture is of Tarsius
spectrum taken from the Primate
Gallery web site
Family
Tarsiidae
a.
Characteristics
- one
of the smallest of all living primates
- grooming
claws on second and third toes
- unfused
mandibular symphysis
- eyes
larger than brain
- nearly
complete, posteriorly, eye socket
- absent
ethmoid recess
- cranial
blood supply by promontory branch of internal carotid a.
- dental
formula (2133/1133)
- hands
and feet relatively enormous
- fused
tibia and fibula and long tarsal bones
b. Tarsius bancanus (Bornean tarsier), T. spectrum (spectral
tarsier),
T. syrichta ( Philippine tarsier), and T. pumilus (pygmy tarsier)
- Bornean
tarsier and Spectral tarsier are both nocturnal
- Pygmy
tarsier has keeled nails for clinging
- faunivorous
- move
by rapid leaps up to 3 meters