Spectral tarsier

Spectral tarsier[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Tarsiidae
Genus: Tarsius
Species: T. tarsier
Binomial name
Tarsius tarsier
(Erxleben, 1777)
Spectral Tarsier range
Synonyms
  • buffonii Link, 1795
  • daubentonii Fischer, 1804
  • (?) fischerii Desmarest, 1804
  • (?) fuscomanus Fischer, 1804
  • (?) fuscus Fischer, 1804
  • macrotarsos Schreber, 1778
  • pallassii É. Geoffroy, 1796
  • podje Kerr, 1792
  • spectrum Pallas, 1778

The spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) is a species of tarsier found in Indonesia. It is apparently less specialized than the Philippine tarsier or Horsfield's tarsier; for example, it lacks adhesive toes. It is the type species for the Tarsius genus. It is found on the island of Selayar and possibly on nearby southwestern Sulawesi, but the latter populations may represent a separate species, Tarsius fuscus.[3]

Weighs about 80-100 grams and has a body length of 16cm and a tail length of 23cm. They can live up to 12 years. Males are bigger than females.

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 128. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100176. 
  2. ^ Shekelle, M. & Salim, A. (2008). Tarsius tarsier. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
  3. ^ Groves, C.; Shekelle, M. (2010). "The Genera and Species of Tarsiidae" (PDF). International Journal of Primatology. doi:10.1007/s10764-010-9443-1. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j3712t1357863121/fulltext.pdf. 
Extant species of family Tarsiidae
Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini
Tarsius
(Tarsiers)
Category