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 Name: Tarsius syrichta
 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Chordata
 Class: Mammalia
 Order: Primates
 Family: Tarsiidae
 Genus: Tarsius
 Species: syrichta

 Gray-brown fur
 Long, mostly hairless tail
 Huge eyes
 Sharp teeth
 Long ankle bones
 Very small-can fit in palm of hand
 nocturnal

 Philippine Islands
 Tropical Rainforests
Red

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93-68 °F
50-260 in. rain
Trees over 100 ft. tall, smooth and thin bark
70% of plants are trees
Lots and lots of different species
Leaves on plants are bigger, especially in shorter plants, to help absorb more sun
Many animals have diets heavy in fruit
Insects make up the largest group of animals in a rainforest
• 10-30 inches precipitation
• -40 —70° F
• Lots of different grasses and flowers.
• Variety of birds
• Animal life includes wolfs, wild turkeys, geese, bison, prairie chickens
• Variety of insects
• Less diverse than rainforest
• Not many trees
• Soil more fertile
• Most land converted into farming land

 Heterotroph
 Hunts at night (nocturnal)
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Eats mostly insects like beetles, cockroaches, crickets and spiders
Occasionally will eat small lizards, birds and bats
 Only primate that is completely carnivorous

grass and leaves spider owl cricket tarsier

 A web shows multiple pathways energy might travel whereas a chain only shows one possible path
Owl
Spider tarsier snakes cricket
Grass and leaves mice cockroaches

Tertiary consumerstop predators.
Secondary consumerseat primary consumers.
Tarsiers
Owls
 A pyramid is used to show that energy is lost between consumer groups. The reason energy is lost is because the organisms use energy for things like cellular respiration, digestion, and overall surviving. Only about
10% of energy moves from one level to the next —90% is used and released as heat .
Primary Consumers-eat only producers. crickets
Producers-make their own energy. Grass

 ENDANGERED
 Deforestation of Rainforests-no where to live
 Hunters and trappers
 Popular as pets, but don’t live long in captivity
○ Captivity can be so traumatizing that tarsiers will beat their heads against their cages and kill themselves

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There are many species of tarsiers
 Differences exist in geographical location, size, tail length, and amount of hair on the tail among other factors
Related to Tarsius bancanus
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Another kind of tarsier
Slightly smaller than Philippine tarsier
 Found in Melay archipelago,
Sumatra, and Borneo
Unlike species found in
South Dakota

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The tarsier will only have one baby at a time
The mother cares for the child (feeds it, keeps it safe) until it is able to function on its own
The tarsier lives in a stable environment and lives for a relatively long time (roughly 10-15 yrs.)
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Density independent factors
 A tsunami hits the Philippine Islands and kills many tarsiers
 A wild fire destroys tarsier habitat and kills some tarsiers
Density dependent factors
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Amount of insects and other food available
Amount of predators that hunt the tarsier
○ An increase in population density of tarsiers will lead to an increase in owls, which will decrease the number of tarsiers

 Type I
 This means that the death rate is low among young tarsiers but increases once the tarsier is older.
Percent surviving
Relative age

 Can rotate their heads 180 ° in both directions
 That means it can pretty much turn its head in a full circle
 Baby tarsiers can climb two days after being born and jump after four
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It’s estimated that the species is 45 million years old

 http://www.bohol.ph/article15.html
 http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/en try/tarsier
 http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_ biomes.htm
 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/si te