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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)
Synonyms

Tarsius spectrum (Pallas, 1779)

The Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) 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 in Indonesia, primarily in the lowlands of Sulawesi and on Selayar Island.

The Spectral Tarsier has the largest eye to body size ratio of all of the mammals.[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.

Spectral Tarsiers are the only totally canivorous primates. They have remained largely unchanged for 40 million years.

References

  1. ↑ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 128. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
  2. ↑ Shekelle, M. & Salim, A. (2008). Tarsius tarsier. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Smythe, RH (1975). Vision in the animal world. St. Martin's Press, New York.
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