Peleng Tarsier

Taxobox
name = Peleng TarsierMSW3 Groves|pages=127-128]
status = EN
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group|year=2000|id=21494|title=Tarsius pelengensis|downloaded=2006-07-15]
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Tarsiidae
genus = "Tarsius"
species = "T. pelengensis"
binomial = "Tarsius pelengensis"
binomial_authority = Sody, 1949

The Peleng Tarsier ("Tarsius pelengensis"), 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.

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