Makassar tarsier | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Family: | Tarsiidae |
Genus: | Tarsius |
Species: | T. fuscus
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Binomial name | |
Tarsius fuscus
G. Fischer, 1804
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The Makassar tarsier (Tarsius fuscus) is a species of tarsier. Its range is in Indonesia in the southwestern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi, near Makassar. At one point the taxon was downgraded to a junior synonym of the spectral tarsier (T. tarsier). However, when that species' range was restricted to the population on a single island near Sulawesi, this nomen was resurrected to contain the remainder of that species. [2]
The taxonomy of the tarsiers from Sulawesi has long been confused. [3] T. fuscus was initially described by Fischer in 1804. [3] The species was subsequently renamed twice inadvertently, as T. fuscomanus in 1812 by Geoffroy and as T. fischeri in 1846 by Burmeister. [3] In 1953 William Charles Osman Hill concluded that the type locality of T. spectrum was actually Makassar, although it was stated to have come from Ambon. [3] As a result, Hill concluded that T. fuscus was a junior synonym of T. spectrum. [3] T. spectrum was later determined to be a junior synonym of T. tarsier. [4] In 2010, Groves restricted T. tarsier to just those tarsiers on the island of Selayar, making the name T. fuscus valid once again for the tarsiers near Makassar. [2] [5]
The Makassar tarsier has generally reddish-brown fur. [2] The hair at the end of the tail is black. [2] It has shorter skull and shorter toothrows than most other tarsiers. [2] It also has shorter hind feet than other tarsiers. [2] The tail is shorter relative to body size than most tarsiers, representing 143% to 166% of the body length. [2]
All Tarsius species are nocturnal and arboreal. [6] Like all Tarsius, T. fuscus is exclusively carnivorous and insectivorous, generally capturing prey by leaping on it. [6]
Makassar tarsier | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Family: | Tarsiidae |
Genus: | Tarsius |
Species: | T. fuscus
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Binomial name | |
Tarsius fuscus
G. Fischer, 1804
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The Makassar tarsier (Tarsius fuscus) is a species of tarsier. Its range is in Indonesia in the southwestern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi, near Makassar. At one point the taxon was downgraded to a junior synonym of the spectral tarsier (T. tarsier). However, when that species' range was restricted to the population on a single island near Sulawesi, this nomen was resurrected to contain the remainder of that species. [2]
The taxonomy of the tarsiers from Sulawesi has long been confused. [3] T. fuscus was initially described by Fischer in 1804. [3] The species was subsequently renamed twice inadvertently, as T. fuscomanus in 1812 by Geoffroy and as T. fischeri in 1846 by Burmeister. [3] In 1953 William Charles Osman Hill concluded that the type locality of T. spectrum was actually Makassar, although it was stated to have come from Ambon. [3] As a result, Hill concluded that T. fuscus was a junior synonym of T. spectrum. [3] T. spectrum was later determined to be a junior synonym of T. tarsier. [4] In 2010, Groves restricted T. tarsier to just those tarsiers on the island of Selayar, making the name T. fuscus valid once again for the tarsiers near Makassar. [2] [5]
The Makassar tarsier has generally reddish-brown fur. [2] The hair at the end of the tail is black. [2] It has shorter skull and shorter toothrows than most other tarsiers. [2] It also has shorter hind feet than other tarsiers. [2] The tail is shorter relative to body size than most tarsiers, representing 143% to 166% of the body length. [2]
All Tarsius species are nocturnal and arboreal. [6] Like all Tarsius, T. fuscus is exclusively carnivorous and insectivorous, generally capturing prey by leaping on it. [6]