Prosimians

[stemturtle]

Philippine tarsier, Carlito (syn. Tarsius) syrichta (My Favorite Animals), 1 5/8 in or 42 mm. tall.
Shown with Spectral tarsier, Tarsius spectrum (Furuta) on right for comparison.
Thanks to Brett for his help.

[stemturtle]

Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus, (Yowie USA, Series 6, marked F1), length about 2.2 in. or 5.5 cm.

Colors of the Animal Kingdom by Yowie was introduced by @bmathison1972 in the blog entry about the golden ghost crab .
I ordered the new colugo on eBay from Australia despite the high postage cost. Wonderful figure of a demopteran, sister group to the primates.
Light-colored patterns are missing from this figure.


Yowie shown with the colugo by Colorata, same species, Galeopterus variegatus.

[Advicot]

The Yowie flying squirrel looks like a homemade model.

[Isidro]

It's unrelated with flying squirrels, tough it shows evolutive convergence with one. As stemturtle says, dermopterans are related to primates, tough they're not true primates and hence not prosimians.

[Badger]

I like it. The lack of spots is disappointing considering they were present in the promo image, however it is easily fixed with a touch up and from images I've seen of the real animal, how extensive the spots are seems to vary individually.

[bmathison1972]

I just ordered several of the Yowies from this set, but I couldn't bring myself to get the Sunda flying lemur, especially since I have the Arboreum Artwork model ;-)

[stemturtle]

Bush Baby, family Galagidae (Safari Ltd. Incredible Creatures), height about 4 in. or 10 cm.

Safari Ltd. did not identify the species, although this model looks much like a Senegal or lesser bushbaby.
I am thrilled about this darling figure, but a 2-inch size would be  more in scale with many previous issues.
Available from Safari Ltd. Toys.


The Safari bush baby compared to the Nayab lesser bushbaby, Galago senegalensis, ID not marked.

[bmathison1972]

if it was under 2 inches, it would be in my collection in a heartbeat. I have the Nayab figure, for now.

[Isidro]

I would accept it with no more than 1 inch

[Avian]

Looks great, I just wish it was more to scale. I might get it anyway, but I'm not sure if its worth it scale-wise.

[bmathison1972]

Using this guide (among others online): http://www.loris-conservation.org/database/identification_key/Nycticebus_table.html

I am thinking this is a Sunda slow loris, N. coucang, which is the senior name for what you initially proposed

[stemturtle]

The figure eating a banana in Reply #31 of this thread is proposed by @bmathison1972 to be the Sundra slow loris, Nycticebus coucang, rather than N. bengalensis.
This ID is supported by the connection of the dark markings around the eyes with the dark stripe along the spine and also a dark connection between the ears.
Reply #31 has been edited.

[Aye-Aye Fan]

Eikoh Miniature Planet are releasing a Slow Loris figure and a Ring-Tailed Lemur soon:
https://i.servimg.com/u/f44/16/23/95/97/neweik10.jpg

[stemturtle]

Eikoh Miniature Planet are releasing a Slow Loris figure and a Ring-Tailed Lemur soon:
https://i.servimg.com/u/f44/16/23/95/97/neweik10.jpg

Welcome to the Forum, @Aye-Aye Fan. Thanks for posting about the Eikoh prosimians. Look forward to that slow loris.

[bmathison1972]

Eikoh Miniature Planet are releasing a Slow Loris figure and a Ring-Tailed Lemur soon:
https://i.servimg.com/u/f44/16/23/95/97/neweik10.jpg

Welcome to the Forum, @Aye-Aye Fan. Thanks for posting about the Eikoh prosimians. Look forward to that slow loris.

@stemturtle I have the Loris on order/pre-order with Brett. Based on the color and some exhaustive research, I am calling it a Javan slow loris, Nycticebus javanicus. So it could be a different species than the Natural History one ;-)

[Aye-Aye Fan]

Eikoh Miniature Planet are releasing a Slow Loris figure and a Ring-Tailed Lemur soon:
https://i.servimg.com/u/f44/16/23/95/97/neweik10.jpg

Welcome to the Forum, @Aye-Aye Fan. Thanks for posting about the Eikoh prosimians. Look forward to that slow loris.

Thanks, and yes, I'm looking forward to it too!

[stemturtle]

Eikoh Miniature Planet are releasing a Slow Loris figure and a Ring-Tailed Lemur soon:
https://i.servimg.com/u/f44/16/23/95/97/neweik10.jpg

Welcome to the Forum, @Aye-Aye Fan. Thanks for posting about the Eikoh prosimians. Look forward to that slow loris.

@stemturtle I have the Loris on order/pre-order with Brett. Based on the color and some exhaustive research, I am calling it a Javan slow loris, Nycticebus javanicus. So it could be a different species than the Natural History one ;-)

Thanks for the info. Please post a photo on this thread when the loris arrives.

[Aye-Aye Fan]

Will do!

[sbell]

Eikoh Miniature Planet are releasing a Slow Loris figure and a Ring-Tailed Lemur soon:
https://i.servimg.com/u/f44/16/23/95/97/neweik10.jpg

Welcome to the Forum, @Aye-Aye Fan. Thanks for posting about the Eikoh prosimians. Look forward to that slow loris.

@stemturtle I have the Loris on order/pre-order with Brett. Based on the color and some exhaustive research, I am calling it a Javan slow loris, Nycticebus javanicus. So it could be a different species than the Natural History one ;-)

I'm pretty sure I also succumbed to the loris from his last email (and the hyena, duh). I actually have quite a few EIkoh lined up...that bill is going to catch me by surprise at some point I think! Also, worth it!

[bmathison1972]

I got the Indian flying fox along with the loris