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Tarsius syrichta carbonarius and Tarsius s. fraterculus were recognized by Hill (1955) as weakly defined subspecies. Niemitz (1984) found the differences to be insignificant based upon comparisons with museum specimens. Musser and Dagosto (1987) felt that the available museum specimens were insufficient to resolve the issue, but mentioned that ...
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 (Carlito syrichta) Tarsiiformes is an infraorder of small primates. It contains a single extant family, Tarsiidae, and members of this infraorder are called tarsiiformes, with members of the family named tarsiers. Tarsiiformes is one of the six major groups in the order Primates.
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 ...
Musser, Heaney & Rabor, 1985. Range in pink. The Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat, Dinagat crateromys or Dinagat cloud rat (Crateromys australis) is a species of cloud rat in the family Muridae. It is one of the eight cloud rats found only in the Philippines, and is specifically endemic to Dinagat Island. It is known locally as hawili. [2]
The skeleton of a spectral tarsier, Tarsius spectrum. The spectral tarsier has a body weight of 200 grams, with a body length of 240 mm, a head body length of 80 mm, and a tail length of 160 mm. [7] When including Tarsius fuscus, females of the species weigh between 102 and 114 grams (3.6 and 4.0 oz) while males are 118 to 130 grams (4.2 to 4.6 oz).
Tarsius spectrumgurskyae. Tarsius supriatnai. Tarsius niemitzi. Tarsius is a genus of tarsiers, small primates native to islands of Southeast Asia. Until 2010, all tarsier species were typically assigned to this genus, but a revision of the family Tarsiidae restored the generic status of Cephalopachus and created a new genus Carlito. [ 1]
Sangihe tarsier. The Sangihe tarsier ( Tarsius sangirensis ), also known as Sangihe Island tarsier, is a small primate found on Sangir Island, which is located about 200 kilometers north-east of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. In 2008 a population of the Sangihe tarsier was determined to be a distinct species, the Siau Island tarsier ...