Tarsius sangirensis

A. B. Meyer, 1896

Great Sangihe 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Meyer, A.B. 1896. Säugethiere vom Celebes- und Philippinen-Archipel. I. Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 6:1-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471157

Original name as described

Tarsius sangirensis

Other common names

Sangihe Island Tarsier · Sangihe Tarsier

Type material

RMNH.MAM.28641.a, RMNH.MAM.28641.b, MTD (no number given), NMW (no number given), ZMB (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28641.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28641.b

Type locality

Indonesia, Sanghir (= Sangihe) Island.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000923

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tarsius sangirensis

A. B. Meyer, 1896

Family

Tarsiidae

Root name

sangirensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.28641.a, RMNH.MAM.28641.b, MTD (no number given), NMW (no number given), ZMB (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28641.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28641.b

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471157

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21493/17977351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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