Are the Tarsier critically endangered

Answer 1

The Tarsier has eight subspecies listed by the International Union of Conservation for Nature, or the IUCN Red List, two of those are listed with a status of "endangered". The Peleng Tarsier, and the Sangihe Tarsier, are both listed as endangered with the population trend showing "decreasing". For more details, please see the sites listed below.

Answer 2

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People think they're cute and want to keep them as a pet. But living in a cage, they may die of psychological trauma, they can live up to 24 years old, but in captivity only about 12 years. The stress of captive life, the adjustment from wild to captive or life, or life in small cages without others of their own kind, is simply too much to bear. Sometimes they commit suicide by hitting their head against their cage walls or anything available.

The Siau Island Tarsier is a newly discovered species. As recently as 2007, it is critically endangered, and faces extinction. This is because of their incredible small range, and even smaller areas that they are living in on this tiny Island. They have lost almost all of their range to the overwhelming human population. The human population is huge in comparison, and they eat these small relatives of the lemurs for snacks. This is not an unusual practice but an everyday one, they hunt themand will eat many, 12-15 at a single sitting. They also hunt and trap them for the pet trade. Selling them for the pet market, where many will die a lonely and terrible death. Also, their environment is volcanic and highly active. The Mount Karengetang is massive and covers 50% of the Tarsier's range. To top it off, there are no protected areas for this species in this small range. So, their range is almost over run by humans, more than half of what they have left is an active volcano, and they have no protected lands. Plus most of the captive breeding programs have been meet with failure, including many by leading zoos and other primate research centers. The Tarsier dose not take to captivity even in large enclosures well.

Answer 3

No one knows just how many Western Tarsiers there actually are so it is hard to tell wether they are endangered or not

Answer 4

no there are still a few on Philippine islands sadly there forest is being destroyed & they are close to extinction