Tarsius niemitzi

Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto, Mittermeier, Salim, & Springer, 2019

Niemitz's Tarsier

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Tarsiiformes
Family : Tarsiidae
Genus : Tarsius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Shekelle, M., Groves, C.P., Maryanto, I., Mittermeier, R.A., Salim, A. and Springer, M.S. 2019. A new tarsier species from the Togean Islands of central Sulawesi, Indonesia, with references to Wallacea and conservation on Sulawesi. Primate Conservation 33:1-9.

Original name as described

Tarsius niemitzi

Other common names

Bunsing · Tangkasi · Podi

Type material

MZB 32654

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Desa Benteng, Kecamatan Togean, Kabupaten Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia (0°23'36.7"S, 122°01'37.8"E).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Shekelle, M., Groves, C. P., Maryanto, I., Mittermeier, R. A., Salim, A., and Springer, M. S. (2019). A new tarsier species from the Togean Islands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, with references to Wallacea and conservation on Sulawesi. Primate Conservation. 33: 1–9.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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