Tarsius Explained

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]

All members of Tarsius are found on Sulawesi, while Cephalopachus is found on Sundaland and Carlito in Greater Mindanao.

Species

, Fossilworks also recognizes the following additional extinct species:

• Tarsius eocaenus ^[2]
• Tarsius sirindhornae ^[3]

Sources

• Book: . 3rd . 1 . Wilson . Don E. . Don E. Wilson . Reeder . DeeAnn M. . Groves . Colin P. . Colin Groves . 2005 . . 978-0-8018-8221-0 . CITEREF_MSW.
• Book: Supriatna, Jatna . Field Guide to the Primates of Indonesia . 2022 . . 978-3-03-083206-3 . CITEREF_PrimatesIndonesia.

Notes and References

1. Groves . C. . Shekelle . M. . The Genera and Species of Tarsiidae . International Journal of Primatology . 31 . 6 . 1071–1082 . 2010 . 10.1007/s10764-010-9443-1. 21220811 .
2. Beard . K. Christopher . Qi . Tao . Dawson . Mary R. . Wang . Banyue . Li . Chuankuei . A diverse new primate fauna from middle Eocene fissure-fillings in southeastern China . Nature . 1994 . 368 . 6472 . 607 . 10.1038/368604a0 . 8145845. 1994Natur.368..604B . 2471330 .
3. Chaimanee. Y.. Lebrun. R.. Yamee. C.. Jaeger. J.-J.. A new Middle Miocene tarsier from Thailand and the reconstruction of its orbital morphology using a geometric-morphometric method. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2010. 278. 1714. 1956–1963. 10.1098/rspb.2010.2062. 21123264. 3107645.