### animal | vertebrate | mammal | primate:

Tarsier
* All tarsiers hunt at night, exclusively for animal prey.
* Most tarsiers breed twice a year
  - has-part tails
* Most tarsiers have claw feet
  - cortexes
  - distinctive characteristics
  - fur
  - ranges
  - round heads
  - several characteristics
  - short limbs
  - visual cortexes
  - live in areas
  - produce offspring
* Some tarsiers approach predators.
* Some tarsiers eat live shrimp
  - feed on insects
* Some tarsiers have bulge eyes
  - glands
  - good leap ability
  - huge bulge eyes
  - spines
  - uteruses
* Some tarsiers reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
* also act as hosts to a number of ecto- and endoparasites.
* are also less vocal than many other primates
  - among the smallest known primates
  - animals
  - arboreal and nocturnal
  - born with fur and their eyes open and can climb trees within an hour of birth
  - extremely vocal and make loud shrieks with their partners
  - found in the wild in the islands of Southeast Asia
  - grayish, beige, or very light brown in color
  - lemurlike in being nocturnal and having a well-developed sense of smell
  - native to the Philippines and other parts of East Asia
  - nocturnal or crepuscular and mainly arboreal
* are nocturnal, shy, hunting, social animals
  - so they sleep during the day
  - primates, mammals closely related to lemurs , monkeys, apes, and people
  - probably the most advanced group of prosimians in relation to the higher primates
* are small creatures with huge eyes and big ears, they are about the same size as squirrels
  - with very large eyes, elongated hind legs and feet, a thin tail and long fingers
  - species of secondary forest
* are the only entirely carnivorous primates, preying on insects, lizards, and snakes
  - living primate that is entirely carnivorous
* are the only primates that are totally carnivorous
  - which are wholly carnivorous
  - too small to be hunted
  - vertical clingers and leapers
* are very shy animals that prefer to stay away from human contact
  - small nocturnal and crepuscular primates
* can also walk on all fours
  - leap up to seven feet, and when placed on the ground they also hop erect
* capture prey.
* catch their prey by leaping from one branch to another.
* commonly communicate through vocalizations and urine scent marking.
* communicate with each other using loud piercing notes
  - various sounds
* comprise a genus of tiny, nocturnal, arboreal insectivores.
* differ from other prosimians in several characters
  - prosimians because of several characteristics
* drink water.
* engage in behavior.
* exhibit variation in social system between species.
* feed on insects and lizards and also small fish and crabs.
* gather during the mating season.
* get their name from their elongated tarsal region.
* give birth to a single offspring and never have twins
  - that is born precocial, fully-furred and with opened eyes
* have a body covered in fur that can be ochre, brown, gold or grey in color
  - grooming claw on second and third toes
  - very long prehensile tail which is much longer than their body
  - an unique dental formula
  - enormous eyes, a long tail, and pads at the ends of each of their fingers and toes
  - excellent night vision
  - extremely large eyes and ears, and long tail and hind legs
  - gray fur
  - huge eyes and long feet
  - large ears, resembling a bat, and round faces
  - movement
* have the ability to reduce their body temperatures at night
  - biggest eyes of any mammal relative to their body weight
  - unusual sperm
  - breasts
  - chests
  - vacuoles
* keep in constant contact with their offspring through high-pitched calls, yells and noises.
* leap with their tail head upwards.
* live exclusively on animal prey
  - on islands of Southeast Asia
* look like tiny monkeys with huge eyes and ears.
* love to eat insects.
* occur only in parts of Indonesia, eastern Malaysia, and the Philippines.
* possess sharp, heterodont teeth and quadrate molars.
* prefer animal protein in the form of insects and small vertebrate animals
  - life in lowland or low mountain forests, mangroves and scrubs
  - to eat during vertical clinging
* spend much of their time scanning for prey from low positions on tree trunks.
* use instinct.
* use their heightened sense of hearing and smell to catch animals
  - very long legs to leap from branch to branch
  - varied means of communication
* win the prize for the biggest eyes relative to size among mammals.
+ Tarsier, Body shape: Primates
  * Tarsiers have huge eyes and long feet. They are nocturnal, and are the only wholly carnivorous primates. They mainly eat insects, and catch them by jumping at them. They are also known to eat birds and snakes. Pregnancy takes about six months. Tarsiers give birth to single offspring.