What is tarsier's characteristic?

Answer 1

tarsiers have big round eyes that are like nightlights and have a tail which is usually double the size of its body. the have long slender fiingers which are useful for clinging to trees. oh and hey also havebrown furry hair x

Answer 2

Tarsiers have incredibly large eyes--in some cases, the eyeball is larger than the brain. They also are capable of rotating their head like an owl because their eyes are so large that they can't rotate in their sockets. Tarsiers also have long legs for leaping.

Answer 3

Physical Description

General. The Philippine tarsier has a gray fur and a nearly naked tail. The middle finger is elongated. Head and body length are around 118-149 mm; It weighs 113-142 grams. Males are larger than females.

Eyes. In comparison with his body size, the eyes of the tarsier are enormous. In volume, the capacity of the bony eye orbits, or eye sockets, is larger than that of the brain case, and also larger than its stomach. Their eye sockets have post-orbital closure rather than the postorbital bar of the prosimians. This feature keeps the eyeballs from being pressed against by the powerful temporal muscles to their sides.

Tail. The tarsier has a relatively very long tail (232 mm), generally naked except for a tuft of hair at its end. The underside has dermal ridges like those found on human hands and feet. Its tail is used for balancing like a tripod; they prefer an erect posture at all times.

Head. Like an owl, the tarsier has a joint between its skull base and spine to allow head movement of a 180-degree arc. Its upper lip lacks a cleft yet, but still has muscles, so that it can make facial expressions. The adult brain weighs about 4 grams.

Teeth. Tarsiers have sharp teeth, enabling them to catch their prey easier. Unique among primates, tarsiers have only two, rather than four, incisors in their lower jaw. Their dental formula is 2.1.3.3 1.1.3.3 x 2 = 34.

Ankle bones. The name "tarsier" or "tarsius" is derived from the animal's very long ankle bones. The tibia and fibula of the tarsiers are fused in their lower portions, acting as a shock absorber. This is considered a primitive trait, which can normally be seen in quadrupeds. The lower limbs are twice the length of its trunk. These enable the tarsier to leap about three meters from tree to tree. Its movements are similar to that of a frog.

Comparison with other Primates. Tarsiers share some characteristics with both the prosimians and the anthropoids, while they also have some characteristics peculiar to themselves. Taxonomists have classified them as intermediate between both groups and have assigned them to their own infraorder, which contains just one living genus: Tarsius. Fossil records of this genus are found, dating back to the Eocene epoch, from 54 to 36 million years ago.

Answer 4

It is a primate that lives in the Philippines

Answer 5

A tarsier is a type of primate that is nocturnal and has huge eyes. Their diet consists exclusively of insects. They are on the verge of extinction.

Answer 6

what else? a tarsier appearence!

Answer 7

The main characteristic of the tarsier are its enormous eyes, which are bigger than its brain and are the largest eyes of any mammal compared to the size of its body!

Answer 8

Furry and big eye balls