Comments on: Philippine Tarsier (Bohol)

By: Chocolate Hills of Bohol « VisitPinas.com : Visit the Philippines. Tell the World what's beautiful about Pilipinas

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:54:43 +0000

[...] What immediately comes to mind when you’re asked to name something that reminds you of Bohol? Tarsier. Blood compact. Loboc River or Loboc children’s choir, perhaps. I bet you’d remember, [...]

By: leah

leah — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:55:39 +0000

ur so cute……………………….

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:07:18 +0000

Hill, maybe you're referring to the Pygmy Tarsier, found in Indonesia. We have a post on that here...turns out it has a different scientific name. No problem with plugging other sites or programs that promote the Philippines. It is, in fact, encouraged here. =)

By: hill roberts

hill roberts — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:09:03 +0000

Fred ,
I truly believe that the British conservationist was showing our Philippine tarsier, and not the one from Indonesia. I compared the two photographs you showed in this site and I can assure you it was nowhere near that Indonesian counterpart.
I wish I could remember the British man’s programme which was aired on the
Discovery (?) or National Geographic Channel. I hope I’m wrong, Fred. Still,
if I ended up with egg on my face, it’s because the tarsier he showed was indeed
from Indonesia and I will accept it as the truth.
Hasta luego!

By: hill roberts

hill roberts — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:21:41 +0000

Hola, Fred, buenos dias desde Espana!
I was just reading a fascinating list of Filipino Inventors and I was so pleased to know that we do have a long list of Filipinos who have greatl contributed to te world of medicine and technology. Hopefully, you will feature them in this very informative and useful site so we can boost their work and make them true Filipino World Icons. Anyway, a couple of years or so ago, while watching a UK TV afternoon chat show, one of the guests was a British man who claimed to be a “conservationist”. As the chat went, he mentioned “tarsier” and he claimed that tarsiers came from Indonesia!
While I was watching it i thought, “This guy is incredulous…I mean, how come he keeps saying that tarsiers are indigenous to Indonesia. Anyway, to my horror, he even brought with him a real, live tarsier. I was shocked, dismayed and felt like throwing egg on his face…shame the TV would have been damaged! Fred, this guy unrwrapped a cloth bag and there it was, a tarsier. He even let it climb a tree and God knows what else he was trying to prove.
Fred, if “tarsiers” were truly indigenous to our country, how come this guy claims that tarsiers can be found in Indonesia? And why on earth was he allowed to take one tarsier with him? Who gave him permission to bring it back to Europe? IS there “tarsier-smuggling” going in in the Philippines? The biggest question is, how come this British guy keeps claiming that the tarsiers come from Indonesia? Isn’t it time to check it out? If Bohol authorities are not aware of this, perhaps, your site or you can tip them off, right?
Fred, keep up the good work. This site is a gem, just like Good News Pilipinas. Hope you didn’t mind my plugging GNP.
Cheers and God bless!

By: VisitPinas.com » Pygmy Tarsier: Long-Lost?

VisitPinas.com » Pygmy Tarsier: Long-Lost? — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:51:56 +0000

[...] interesting is that it looks pretty much like the Philippine tarsier, which is shown in a previous post. It seems that the pygmy tarsier is different from the Philippine tarsier (see photo below). The [...]