Miniature primate rediscovered in remote Indonesia
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On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a team of American scientists have tracked down a mouse-sized primate that hasn't been seen in the wild for more than 80 years. The pygmy tarsier, as its known, is a fluffy little creature with enormous eyes and splayed fingers like a frog - but, being a primate, it's related to monkeys, apes, lemurs, and people. It's found in other parts of Asia, but until the American researchers stumbled across it in remote mountain forest, no one had seen an Indonesian tarsier since 1921, and there were fears it had become extinct.
Presenter: Sen Lam
Speaker: Research team member Dr Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Texas A&M University in the United States
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