The pygmy tarsier is a small primate that lives in high elevations. Pygmy tarsiers were thought to have been extinct until a group of the elusive creatures were discovered high on the top of Mount Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park on an Indonesian island in late-2008. The Furby-like creatures were last spotted alive in 1921.Mail Online: Tiny Primate Rediscovered 80 Years After It Was Thought to Be Extinct (November 19, 2008)
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Believed to have been an extinct species
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Research was funded by the Conservation International Primate Action Fund, Primate Conservation Inc, the National Geographic Society and Texas A&M UniversityScience Daily: Long-lost 'Furby-like' Primate Discovered In Indonesia (November 19, 2008)
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Live on mountainsides at about 6,000 feet in elevationMSNBC: Real-Life Furbys Rediscovered (November 18, 2008)
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Because of their big eyes and small size, they are said to look like the Furby toys or the creatures from the Gremlins moviesMSNBC: Real-Life Furbys Rediscovered (November 18, 2008)
