Family TARSIIDAE (TARSIERS)

• Small prosimians with elongated hindlimbs, broad, rounded head, reduced snout, dry, furry nose, very large, forward-facing eyes, long, slender digits tipped with soft, rounded pads, and long, fleshy, rat-like tail.

• 30-40 cm.

• Indo-Malayan Region.

• Humid lowland, montane, bamboo, secondary, and degraded forests.

• 3 genera, 11 species, 16 taxa.

• | species Critically Endangered, 2 species Endangered, 3 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.