Tarsier
The tarsier’s small brain has an enormous visual cortex
to process information from the large goggling eyes, the animal’s most
striking feature. The size of the eyes and visual cortex is probably
made necessary by the absence of a reflective layer (tapetum) that the
eyes of most other nocturnal mammals possess. The tarsier is also
unusual in having especially long ankle bones (tarsals, hence the name
tarsier), a short body, and a round head that can be rotated 180°.
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