Peleng Tarsier
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The Peleng tarsier or the Peleng Island tarsier, is a nocturnal primate
found on Peleng Island
, Indonesia
. This tarsier
can turn is head 180 degrees, much like an owl
, because its eyes are fixed in their sockets.
Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates , which contains prosimians and simians. Primates arose from ancestors that lived in the trees of tropical forests; many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging three-dimensional environment...
found on Peleng Island
Peleng
Peleng is an island off the East coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia and is the largest island of the Banggai Islands group of islands...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. This tarsier
Tarsier
Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the genus Tarsius, a genus in the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes...
can turn is head 180 degrees, much like an owl
Owl
Owls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...
, because its eyes are fixed in their sockets.