Our photographs
Tarsier UK has a library of over 150 photo's of tarsiers. If you would like a different one other than those on display please ask via email. These pictures will be changed from time to time.
A Tarsier holding onto a fern branch. Note how the tail is used against the branch.
The Tarsier Foundation Visitor Centre on the Island of Bohol.
One of the many drawings of the Tarsier placed on a T-Shirt.
A Tarsier - notice the large back legs that give it the capacity to jump many times its own length.
John and Ann with a Tarsier. This is the closest you can get to a Tarsier today. You cannot touch them.
A Tarsier - See the ears, that are constantly moving listening for the sounds of prey.
Two Tarsiers in a tree, they are family animals and can often be seen cuddling up to each other.
A Tarsier - Note the eyes with pinpoint pupils. At night the pupil will fill the eye so that it can see in the dark.
John with a fully grown Tarsier. Now, you are not allowed to handle a Tarsier unless you have a permit to do so.
The way Tarsiers blend in with the wood and leaves they hide in. Can you see where the Tarsier ends are the branch starts?
Tarsiers hide in the forest in the foliage of trees so that they can sleep without any predators catching them.
A Tarsier - Note how it can turn its head up to 180 degrees in each direction.
Note the fingers and toes of the animal. They are the same structure as human digits.
Sometimes they seem to pose for the camera, especially if you feed them.
An old drawing of a Tarsier. People like Darwin studied and drew them.