Tarsier

Tarsiers[1][2]
Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Recent
Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Tarsiiformes
Family: Tarsiidae
Gray, 1825
Type genus
Tarsius
Storr, 1780
Genera

Tarsiers (/ˈtɑːrsiərz/ TAR-see-ərz) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is, itself, the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was, prehistorically, more globally widespread, all of the species living today are restricted to Maritime Southeast Asia, predominantly being found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.[3]

Tarsier image inside Philippine National Museum of Natural History

They are found primarily in forested habitats, especially forests that have liana, since the vine gives tarsiers vertical support when climbing trees.[4]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2010_Groves_Shekelle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Tarsier.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 Apr. 2019, http://www.britannica.com/animal/tarsier.
  4. ^ Simeon, S.G.F.; Duya, M.R.M; Duya, M.V.; Galindon, J.M.M.; Pasion, B.O.; Ong, P.S. (2020). "Living in small spaces: Forest fragment characterization and its use by Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius syrichta Linnaeus, 1758) in Mindanao Island, Philippines". Primates. 61 (3): 529–542. doi:10.1007/s10329-020-00798-2. PMID 32043166. S2CID 211075031.

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