Tarsius

Tarsius; Temporal range: 48.6–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Eocene to recent
	Gursky's spectral tarsier
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Family:	Tarsiidae
Genus:	Tarsius; Storr, 1780
Type species
	Lemur tarsier; Erxleben, 1777
Species
	T. dentatus; T. lariang; T. niemitzi; T. pelengensis; T. pumilus; T. sangirensis; T. tarsier; T. tumpara; T. wallacei; T. fuscus; T. spectrumgurskyae; T. supriatnai; †T. eocaenus; †T. sirindhornae;
	Distribution and range of Tarsius supriatnai and other tarsier species in Sulawesi, Indonesia: Tarsius dentatus Tarsius wallacei Tarsius lariang Tarsius fuscus Tarsius pumilus Tarsius pelengensis 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]

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

Species

Genus **Tarsius** – Storr, 1780 – twelve species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Dian's tarsier	T. dentatus Miller & Hollister, 1921	Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	Size: 11–12 cm (4–5 in) long, plus 13–28 cm (5–11 in) tail^[2]^[3] Habitat: Forest^[4] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates^[2]	VU Unknown ^[4]
Gursky's spectral tarsier	T. spectrumgurskyae Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto & Mittermeier, 2017	Northeastern Sulawesi (in purple)	Size: About 14 cm (6 in) long, plus 21–27 cm (8–11 in) tail^[5] Habitat: Forest^[6] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates^[6]	VU Unknown ^[6]
Jatna's tarsier	T. supriatnai Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto & Mittermeier, 2017	Northern Sulawesi (in gray)	Size: About 14 cm (6 in) long, plus 23–25 cm (9–10 in) tail^[5] Habitat: Forest^[7] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates^[7]	VU Unknown ^[7]
Lariang tarsier	T. lariang Groves & Merker, 2006	Central Sulawesi	Size: About 12 cm (5 in) long, plus 12–21 cm (5–8 in) tail^[8] Habitat: Forest^[9] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates^[9]	DD Unknown ^[9]
Makassar tarsier	T. fuscus Fischer von Waldheim, 1804	Southern Sulawesi (in yellow)	Size: 12–13 cm (5 in) long, plus 24–26 cm (9–10 in) tail^[10] Habitat: Forest and caves^[11] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates^[10]	VU Unknown ^[11]
Niemitz's tarsier	T. niemitzi Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto, Mittermeier, Salim & Springer, 2019	Northern Sulawesi (circled in black)	Size: About 14 cm (6 in) long, plus 24–26 cm (9–10 in) tail^[12] Habitat: Forest^[13] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates^[13]	EN 10,000–20,000 ^[13]
Peleng tarsier	T. pelengensis Sody, 1949	Eastern Sulawesi	Size: 12–14 cm (5–6 in) long, plus 25–27 cm (10–11 in) tail^[14] Habitat: Forest^[15] Diet: Insects, as well as frogs, lizards, and other small vertebrates^[15]	EN Unknown ^[15]
Pygmy tarsier	T. pumilus Miller, Hollister, 1921	Central Sulawesi	Size: 8–11 cm (3–4 in) long, plus 20–21 cm (8 in) tail^[16]^[17] Habitat: Forest^[18] Diet: Arthropods and insects, as well as small vertebrates^[16]	EN Unknown ^[18]
Sangihe tarsier	T. sangirensis Meyer, 1897	Sangir Island, southeastern Philippines	Size: 12–13 cm (5 in) long, plus about 30 cm (12 in) tail^[19] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands^[20] Diet: Insects, as well as birds, lizards, and other small vertebrates^[19]	EN Unknown ^[20]
Siau Island tarsier	T. tumpara Shekelle, Groves, Merker & Supriatna, 2008	Siau Island, north of Sulawesi	Size: 10–15 cm (4–6 in) long, plus about 20 cm (8 in) tail^[21] Habitat: Forest^[22] Diet: Arthropods, as well as small vertebrates^[22]	CR Unknown ^[22]
Spectral tarsier	T. tarsier (Erxleben, 1777)	Sulawesi	Size: 9–14 cm (4–6 in) long, plus 20–26 cm (8–10 in) tail^[23] Habitat: Forest^[24] Diet: Insects, as well as lizards, bats, and other small vertebrates^[23]	VU Unknown ^[24]
Wallace's tarsier	T. wallacei Merker, Driller, Dahruddin, Wirdateti, Sinaga, Perwitasari-Farajallah & Shekelle, 2010	Northern Sulawesi (in orange)	Size: 11–13 cm (4–5 in) long, plus 23–27 cm (9–11 in) tail^[25] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands^[26] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates^[25]	VU Unknown ^[26]