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Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta), one of the smallest primates. At a lower phylogenetic level, the tarsiers have, until recently, all been placed in the genus Tarsius, [1] while it was debated whether the species should be placed in two (a Sulawesi and a Philippine -western group) or three separate genera (Sulawesi, Philippine and western ...
Philippine tarsier climbing a tree. The tarsier is named for its elongated "tarsus" or ankle bone. [2]The genus Carlito is named after conservationist Carlito Pizarras. [3] The Philippine tarsier is known as mawumag in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, and magô in Waray, [4] [5] It is also known as mamag, magau, malmag, and magatilok-iok.
Horsfeld's tarsier ( Cephalopachus bancanus) is the only species of tarsier in the genus Cephalopachus. Named by American naturalist Thomas Horsfield, it is also referred to as western tarsier. The species occurs on Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands and is, like other members of the group, entirely nocturnal. Cephalopachus bancanus saltator.
Shekelle, Groves, Merker, J. Supriatna. (2008) The Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara) is a species of tarsier from the tiny volcanic island of Siau in Indonesia. [2] The T. tumpara species is one of 14 species and 7 subspecies in the tarsier family called "Tarsiidae". [3] They belong to the Haplorrhini suborder, known as the "dry-nosed ...
Dian's tarsier (Tarsius dentatus), also known as the Diana tarsier, is a nocturnal primate endemic to central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its head-body length is 11.5–12 centimetres (4.5–4.7 in) and it has a tail of 22 centimetres (8.7 in). [3] Dian's tarsier lives in rainforests. [3] It was formerly called T. dianae, but that has been shown to be ...
Tarsiiformes / ˈtɑːrsi.ɪfɔːrmiːz / are a group of primates that once ranged across Europe, northern Africa, Asia, and North America, but whose extant species are all found in the islands of Southeast Asia. Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae) are the only living members of the infraorder; other members of Tarsiidae include the extinct Tarsius ...
Haplorhini. Haplorhini (/ hæpləˈraɪnaɪ /), the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is sometimes spelled Haplorrhini. [2] The simians include catarrhines (Old ...
The Jatna’s tarsier (Tarsius supriatnai), also known locally as Mimito, is a species of tarsier endemic to the northern Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Indonesia.Previously classified together with the Spectral tarsier, this species was reclassified and elevated as a separate species in 2017 due to their distinct and separate acoustic duet calls between males and females.