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- noun Plural form of
tarsier .
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-0/+2they're called tarsiers, located in the asian parts of the world.
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Heads acknowledged that the phylogenetic relationships of some groups such as tarsiers, are controversial, but the various alternatives do not obscure the patterns of diversity and distribution identified in this study.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Heads acknowledged that the phylogenetic relationships of some groups such as tarsiers, are controversial, but the various alternatives do not obscure the patterns of diversity and distribution identified in this study.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The pygmy tarsiers, furry Furby/gremlin-looking creatures about the size of a small mouse and weighing less than 2 ounces, have not been observed since they were last collected for a museum in 1921.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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The real problem with the blaze of publicity about Darwinius is not that it was described as more closely related to monkeys and apes than to tarsiers and lemurs.
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The real problem with the blaze of publicity about Darwinius is not that it was described as more closely related to monkeys and apes than to tarsiers and lemurs.
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Others have favored a common ancestry with small primates known as tarsiers.
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In 1999, the scientists reported that all great ape species had von Economo cells, but lesser primates, such as macaques, lemurs and tarsiers, did not.
Smithsonian - Brain Cells for Socializing William Harryman 2009
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Monkeys, apes, and tarsiers are typically included in the Haplorhines.
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The island of Sulawesi is home to at least seven species of endemic macaques and at least five species of endemic tarsiers.
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