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regularly. (02/13/2012) The Philippine tarsier (Tarsius
syrichta), a 5-inch tall Southeast Asian primate, has long
resembled a ventriloquist's doll. It would open its mouth as
though chattering away, but researchers heard nothing. Now, a
new study in Biology Letters has found out why: the Philippine
tarsier communicates ultrasonically, surpassing all other
primates, and nearly all terrestrial mammals, in its ability to
create sounds in the upper registry. Featured video: the
Caribbean's last mammals (09/11/2011) Although they are little-
known, the hutia and solenodon are some of the last surviving
mammals of the Caribbean. A hefty rodent, the hutia spends its
time grazing in trees like a giant arboreal hamster. While, the
solenodon may be one of the world's oddest creatures: a 'living
fossil', the solenodon's evolutionary origins goes back all the
way to the time of dinosaurs.