Niemitz's tarsier explained

Niemitz's tarsier (Tarsius niemitzi) is a species of tarsier. It was named in honor of the German evolutionary biologist Carsten Niemitz in 2019. He with his student Alexandra Nietsch were the first to systematically survey and identify possible taxonomic distinctiveness of the Togean's tarsiers population, reportedly based on a tip by Rolex Lameanda, an Indonesian government official. The species is found on an archipelago off the coast of Sulawesi called the Togian Islands in Central Sulawesi. Locally it is called, while Niemitz's tarsier has been suggested as the English common name.^[1]

It is thought to be endangered by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Myron . Shekelle . Colin P. . Groves . Colin Groves . Ibnu . Maryanto . Russell A. . Mittermeier . Russell Mittermeier . Agus . Salim . Mark S. . Springer . A new tarsier species from the Togean Islands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, with references to Wallacea and conservation on Sulawesi . Primate Conservation . 2019 . 33 . 1–9 . 204801433 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200210080437/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/35a6/d42968df061b4edf58c6773bce5ab711545c.pdf . dead . 2020-02-10 .
2. Anthropology. Myron Shekelle (Department of. Group). Western Washington University / IUCN SSC Primate Specialist. 2020-03-22. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Tarsius niemitzi. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.