Pictures and facts about the Pygmy tarsier

Pygmy tarsier

Order : Primates
Family : Tarsiidae
Species : Tarsius pumilus

 

The Lesser spectral tarsier, mountain tarsier, pygmy tarsier is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the pygmy tarsier

The pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) is considerably smaller than the Philippine Tarsier, while the pygmy mouse lemur, found only in Madagascar, is now being recognized as the smallest primate in the world. (Full text)

The pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) is considerably smaller than the Philippine tarsier, (Full text)

1. pygmy, pigmy -- (an unusually small individual)
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2. Pygmy, Pigmy -- (any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet)
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