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Learn about tarsiers and the Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary in Corella, Bohol island
tarsier (Tarsius) tarsier Sulawesi, or spectral, tarsier Horsefield's tarsier (Tarsius bancanus)
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Learn about tarsiers and the Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary in Corella, Bohol island
An overview of tarsiers, including a visit to a tarsier sanctuary on Bohol island,...
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Tarsier (Tarsius syrichta).
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tarsier (Tarsius)
Enormous eyes and padded digits are adaptations that evolved in the tarsier (Tarsius),...
Frans Lanting/Minden Pictures
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Tarsier.
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Sulawesi, or spectral, tarsier
The spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) is native to the Indonesian island...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Horsefield's tarsier (Tarsius bancanus)
Horsefield's tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) is native to southern Sumatra and...
© Natursports/Dreamstime.com
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