Tarsius tumpara

Shekelle, Groves, Merker, & J. Supriatna, 2008

Siau Island 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., Merker, S. and Supriatna, J. 2008-11. _Tarsius tumpara_: a new tarsier species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi. Primate Conservation 23(1):55-64.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1896/052.023.0106

Original name as described

Tarsius tumpara

Other common names

Siau Tarsier

Type material

MZB 27053

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Siau Island, Indonesia, the southern end of the island about 100 m from the north shore of a small lake (02° 39' N, 125° 23' E).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Shekelle, M., Groves, C., Merker, S., and Supriatna, S. 2008. Tarsius tumpara: a new tarsier species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi. Primate Conservation 23: 55-64.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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