The history and mystery of the mountain tarsier, Tarsius pumilus

S Myron - Primate Conservation, 2008 - BioOne
Tarsius pumilus is one of two tarsier taxa listed as Data Deficient. Known by only three
museum specimens collected over the course of the past ninety years, it is one of the most …

Tarsius tumpara: a new tarsier species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi

M Shekelle, C Groves, S Merker, J Supriatna - Primate Conservation, 2008 - BioOne
A new, critically endangered species of tarsier, one of the world's 25 most endangered
primates, is described from the remote island of Siau, North Sulawesi, based on …

The genera and species of Tarsiidae

C Groves, M Shekelle - International Journal of Primatology, 2010 - Springer
We revise the taxonomy of the primate family Tarsiidae. We classify extant tarsiers in 3
genera—Tarsius, Cephalopachus, and Carlito—each of which originated in the Miocene, or …

Small, odd and old: The mysterious Tarsius pumilus is the most basal Sulawesi tarsier

L Hagemann, N Grow, YEMB Bohr… - Biology …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this study, we present the first genetic evidence of the phylogenetic position of Tarsius
pumilus, the mountain tarsier of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This mysterious primate is the only …

Tarsius dianae: a new primate species from Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)

C Niemitz, A Nietsch, S Warter, Y Rumpler - Folia primatologica, 1991 - karger.com
Introduction At present, four species of tarsiers are recognized: Tarsi us syrich ta Linnaeus,
1758 [1], from the Philippines; Tarsius bancanus Horsfïeld, 1821 [2], inhabiting Kalimantan …

The population ecology of Dian's Tarsier

S Merker - Indonesian primates, 2010 - Springer
Over the past two decades, the previously hotly debated but little studied tarsiers have
received increased attention from primatologists. Befitting a growing number of recognized …

[PDF][PDF] The conservation status of Indonesia's tarsiers

S Gursky, M Shekelle, A Nietsch - Primates of the oriental night. LIPI …, 2008 - academia.edu
We present a method for making best guess estimates for the conservation status of 20
Indonesian tarsier taxa and populations listed in the taxonomy of Brandon-Jones et …

[PDF][PDF] Two new tarsier species (Tarsiidae, Primates) and the biogeography of Sulawesi, Indonesia

M Shekelle¹, CP Groves, I Maryanto… - Primate …, 2017 - primate-sg.org
We name two new tarsier species from the northern peninsula of Sulawesi. In doing so, we
examine the biogeography of Sulawesi and remove the implausibly disjunct distribution of …

Preliminary Data on the Behavior, Ecology, and Morphology of Pygmy Tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus)

N Grow, S Gursky-Doyen - International Journal of Primatology, 2010 - Springer
We here present the first behavioral, morphological, and ecological data on a living group of
highland pygmy tarsiers, Tarsius pumilus, and compare them with the lowland tarsier …

[PDF][PDF] Distribution and biogeography of tarsiers

M Shekelle - Primates of the oriental night, 2008 - Citeseer
Three clearly distinct taxa of tarsiers each inhabit a distinct biogeographic region: Western
tarsiers, from island areas of Sundaland; Philippine tarsiers from Greater Mindanao; and …