The Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Incorpated (PTFI) is a non-profit, non-stock corporation based in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines, established in 1996 to conserve, promote research and establish a sanctuary for the Philippine tarsier. To ensure the continued existence of the Philippine tarsier, the Foundation is attempting to bring tourism to the province of Bohol in a way that is ecologically friendly to the Philippine Tarsier. The Philippine Tarsier or Tarsius carlito syrichta, named after Carlito Pizzara or “Tarsier Man”, is the smallest primates discovered. They belong to the 45 million year-old family tarsiidae.