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Bohol Island Tarsier

The Philippine tarsier’s eyes are fixed in its skull, they cannot turn in their sockets, and a special adaptation in the neck allows its head to be rotated 180 degrees. The eyes are disproportionately large, having the largest eye-to-body size ratio of any mammal. Bohol Island, Philippines

The large eyes of the Philippine tarsier are adapted for nocturnal life, during the night they hunt animal prey such as crickets, cockroaches, lizards, birds, and bats. Bohol Island, Philippines

The Philippine tarsier is listed as an endangered species, Government Proclamation 1030 gives them a protected status, but they are endangered as their habitat is being destroyed by logging and land clearance for croplands. Poachers capture them live to be sold as pets but tarsiers usually die early as they are not suited to captivity. Bohol Island, Philippines

It is popularly known as the worlds smallest monkey, however the Philippine tarsier is not a monkey but belongs to a more primitive suborder. Bohol Island, Philippines

Public viewing of tarsiers can be seen and photographed here, but the nocturnal tarsiers are under constant stress from daily public contact. Bohol Island, Philippines

A sign giving information on the Tarsier. Bohol Island, Philippines

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