How big does a Philippine tarsier get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) reaches an average size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 15 years, they grow from 25 grams (0.06 lbs) to 116 grams (0.26 lbs). A Philippine tarsier has 1 babies at once. The Philippine tarsier (genus: Tarsius) is a member of the family Tarsiidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta), known locally as mawumag in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, magô in Waray and mamag in Tagalog, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archipelago, particularly on the islands of Bohol, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. It is a member of the approximately 45-million-year-old family Tarsiidae, whose name is derived from its elongated “tarsus” or ankle bone. Formerly a member of the genus Tarsius, it is now listed as the only member of the genus Carlito, a new genus named after the conservationist Carlito Pizarras.Its geographic range also includes Maripipi Island, Siargao Island, Basilan Island and Dinagat Island. Tarsiers have also been reported in Sarangani, although they may be different subspecies. It was introduced to Western biologists during the 20th century.
Animals of the same family as a Philippine tarsier
We found other animals of the Tarsiidae family:
- Pygmy tarsier with a size of 10 cm (0′ 4″)
- Peleng tarsier with 1 babies per litter
- Dian’s tarsier with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Spectral tarsier with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
- Sangihe tarsier with 1 babies per litter
- Horsfield’s tarsier with a size of 10.6 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dian’s tarsier with a size of 11.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Spectral tarsier with a size of 12 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same size as a Philippine tarsier
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Philippine tarsier:
- Shining thicket rat with a size of 11.1 cm (0′ 5″)
- Osgood’s short-tailed opossum with a size of 9.5 cm (0′ 4″)
- Aztec mouse with a size of 11.2 cm (0′ 5″)
- Southern red-backed vole with a size of 10.1 cm (0′ 4″)
- Elegant water shrew with a size of 10.9 cm (0′ 5″)
- Cotton mouse with a size of 9.8 cm (0′ 4″)
- Uinta chipmunk with a size of 12.3 cm (0′ 5″)
- Dormouse tufted-tailed rat with a size of 12.7 cm (0′ 5″)
- Lowland mosaic-tailed rat with a size of 12.8 cm (0′ 6″)
- Montane vole with a size of 12.4 cm (0′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Philippine tarsier
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Philippine tarsier:
- Northern cave bat
- Siamang
- Rüppell’s broad-nosed bat
- Coppery ringtail possum
- Rufous rat-kangaroo
- Bechstein’s bat
- Southwestern myotis
- African savanna hare
- Greater horseshoe bat
- Long-footed water rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Philippine tarsier
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Philippine tarsier:
- Giant forest hog with an average maximal age of 18 years
- Maned wolf with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Nabarlek with an average maximal age of 17 years
- La Plata dolphin with an average maximal age of 16 years
- Indian muntjac with an average maximal age of 17.58 years
- Himalayan goral with an average maximal age of 17.58 years
- Ring-tailed vontsira with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
- Gerenuk with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Giant otter with an average maximal age of 12.83 years
- Llama with an average maximal age of 14.17 years
Animals with the same weight as a Philippine tarsier
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tarsius syrichta:
- African grass rat bringing 95 grams to the scale
- Congo rope squirrel bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat bringing 117 grams to the scale
- Slender treeshrew bringing 112 grams to the scale
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat bringing 138 grams to the scale
- Horsfield’s tarsier bringing 114 grams to the scale
- Fat sand rat bringing 102 grams to the scale
- Sloggett’s vlei rat bringing 106 grams to the scale
- Botta’s pocket gopher bringing 123 grams to the scale
- Lunda rope squirrel bringing 135 grams to the scale