Tarsier


Generic Name: Carlito Cephalophachus Tarsius
a.k.a.
MAUMAG (Cebuano/Visayan)
MAMAG (Luzon)
• SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom:   Animalia  
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:         Mammalia 
Order:        Primates
Family:      Tarsiidae    
Genus:       Carlito
Species:     C. syrichta

• BINOMIAL NAME: 
Carlito syrichta    (Linnaeus, 1758)

• GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION:
- Particularly in the islands of Bohol, Samar, Leyte and  Mindanao.  Its geographic range also includes Maripipi Island, Siargao Island, Basilan Island and Dinagat Island.

- Tarsiers have also been reported in Sarangani, although they may be different subspecies.

• SMALLEST PRIMATE:
about 85 to 160 millimetres (3.35 to 6.30 in) in height.



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