tarsiers in English

noun
1
a small insectivorous, tree-dwelling, nocturnal primate with large eyes, a long tufted tail, and long hind limbs, native to the islands of Southeast Asia.
Only in recent decades have prosimians - a suborder of primates that includes lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers - begun to be studied systematically.

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1. It also has shorter hind feet than other tarsiers.

2. It has shorter skull and shorter toothrows than most other tarsiers.

3. Just before dawn, the tarsiers start squeaking, telling each other it is bedtime.

4. 18 As their name indicates, pygmy tarsiers are small -- weighing about 2 ounces ( 50 grammes ).

5. The clade Haplorhini, which includes Anthropoids and tarsiers, is linked by several features of the soft anatomy, mostly relating to the nose and lips

6. Anthropoids and tarsiers are distinguished from all other vertebrates by the possession of a postorbital septum, which is formed by the frontal, Alisphenoid, and zygomatic bones

7. This genus is a member of the Proteopithecidae primate family and is distinguished by: PO closure and upper molar hypercones Similarities that tarsiers share with platyrrhines Why is it more likely that the tubular tympanic evolved on the timeline twice v evolving once between Propliopithecines and Cercopithecoids Diet of Fayum Anthropoids