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Hairless Racoon
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: tarsier
"Scientists" tell us that the tarsier is the only member of its lonely family Tarsiidae, which itself is the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes... We here at Zooillogix think they might be more closely related to other species...
Posted by ableiman at 10:42 AM • 13 Comments •
High in the mountaintop forests of Indonesia, the little Furby-gremlin hybrid known as the pygmy tarsier hid undiscovered (and unmolested) for the last ninety years. Last seen alive in the 1920s,it was thought extinct until researchers from Texas A&M University rediscovered the little guy last month.
Posted by ableiman at 12:23 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: tarsier
Tarsiers are prosimian primates, sharing their primitive grouping with lemurs, bushbabies and the aye-aye. However, due to numerous similarities to ancestral monkeys, apes and humans, there is some disagreement as to whether tarsiers should be grouped with the other prosimians...
Posted by ableiman at 4:16 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: tarsier
Almost a year ago we posted the Dramatic Chipmunk. Turns out he's got a cousin...
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 5:02 PM • 5 Comments •
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