3. Philippine Tarsier Foundation
The Philippine tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than a adult men's hand. Mostly active at night, it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal, but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Bohol, and Mindanao in the Philippines.
www.bohol.ph
The Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta), known locally as mawmag in Cebuano/Visayan and mamag in Luzon, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Carlito, after the species was removed from the genus Tarsius. The new genus is named after Carlito Pizarras, known as the tarsier man, is the field manager at the Philippine tarsier and wildlife sanctuary on the island of Bohol, and a champion of tarsier conservation in the Philippines.
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and yes, with Tarsier Man, Mr. Carlito Pizarras
Advisory: Please avoid visiting the tarsiers kept in cages along Loboc river.
Here, these shy animals have a miserable live, and normally don't
survive for long.
Our guide said that they get stressed when touched and because of this, they bang their heads until they die. They are suicidal.
The Philippine Tarsier Foundation,
Km. 14 Canapnapan Corella, Bohol 6300 Philippines
Tel: (0912) 5163375
Mobile: (0918) 6021326
Email: joanniemaryc@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.tarsierfoundation.org/.
