AWWWWWW!!!
One of the cutest animals on this planet, the pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus) was classified as extinct. However, in 2000 an Indonesian scientists trapped and killed a precious tarsier by accident while catching rats – that was the first sign of their presence in 80 years!
It is with great excitement that I announce that these little fuzzballs are very much alive and are populating Mount Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park in Indonesia. It was just this past August that a Texas A&M University research team discovered and caught 2 pairs these little dudes (the 4th got away), put radio transmitter collars on them and released them back into their trees. Click here for rare footage of the release. This was the first time the tarsiers have been seen alive in 85 years.
They are so sweet looking! They are only 4″ in body length and weigh no more than 2 ounces. Tarsiers have nails on all 5 of their fingers and on 2 of their toes. BUT, allow me to note that it’s their big, innocent, dramatic, 16mm eyes that draw you in and make you fall in love. Also, where you will find one tarsier, you will find another because they partner for up to 15 years and remain monogamous during that whole time (if only it was that easy!). They breed twice yearly and are pregnant for 6 months. They are insectivorous and are the only primates that are completely carnivorous.
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