After more than 80 years, scientists found a pygmy tarsier mountaintop at the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Mt. Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park). The report notes that the pygmy tarsier is one of the planet’s smallest and rarest primates. Pygmy tarsiers can turn their heads 18 degrees, weigh about 2 ounces (50 grams), have large eyes and large ears. The photo of a pygmy tarsier is found at the right side.

What’s interesting is that it looks pretty much like the Philippine tarsier, which is shown in a previous post. It seems that the pygmy tarsier is different from the Philippine tarsier (see photo below). The scientific name of the Philippine tarsier is tarsius syrichta, while that of the pygmy tarsier is tarsius pumilus.

Note: The reference/citation for the pygmy tarsier photo from Wikipedia is this — Groves, C. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 128. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.