Tarsius Viewing Range Tangkoko National Park Native In Sulawesi

History Tangkoko National Park and Tarsius Spectrum

Trace the history, in this Tangkoko National Park Alfred Russel Wallace set foot in the 1850s. That said, this great scientist fascinated with the Maleo and Babi Rusa. As information, from exploring the archipelago around 1850 until the 1860s, he observed that based on the spread of wildlife there are large differences between India and Australia. That's why Wallace made imaginary line became the boundary between west and east, starting from the strait between Kalimantan and Sulawesi, continue south in the strait between Bali and Lombok.

 This imaginary line known as the Wallace Line, which distinguish the various species in the west and the east side. Later, the letters and papers sent Wallace to Charles Darwin in the UK, spurred Darwin to write the Origin of Species as the embryo of the theory of evolution.

If you want to visit the Tangkoko National Park, you better get there after 3 pm. Because at that hour this afternoon will be easier for you if you want to see Tarsier, the smallest primate in the world. Actually not only Tarsius in this national park. According to records, there are 26 species of mammals, 180 species of birds and 15 species of reptiles and amphibians.


Shortly after we entered the forest area, we were greeted by the monkey Macaca Nigra, or Black Sulawesi or Yaki in the local language. This is the Tarsier, Tarsius Spectrum with its Latin name, species endemic to Sulawesi, which you will not find on other islands. It belongs to a nocturnal animal, which used to operate in the stillness of the night foraging.

The food is fruit and small insects, usually live clustered in tree holes. Satisfied Tarsier watching and taking pictures we were heading back home to enter. Apparently a different route when we came in, we have to pass Coast Tangkoko that looks beautiful with his trademark black sand beach.