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Taxonomy
Tarsiidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kay et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Quadrumana by Cope (1889); to Lemuroidea by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Paleopithecini by Wortman (1903); to Primates by Nowak (1991); to Tarsiiformes by Chaimanee et al. (2011); and to Tarsiiformes by Simons and Bown (1985), Carroll (1988), Beard et al. (1994), Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Gunnell and Miller (2001), Kay et al. (2004), Poux and Douzery (2004) and Fleagle (2013).
It was assigned to Quadrumana by Cope (1889); to Lemuroidea by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Paleopithecini by Wortman (1903); to Primates by Nowak (1991); to Tarsiiformes by Chaimanee et al. (2011); and to Tarsiiformes by Simons and Bown (1985), Carroll (1988), Beard et al. (1994), Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Gunnell and Miller (2001), Kay et al. (2004), Poux and Douzery (2004) and Fleagle (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Tarsiidae Gray |
| 1883 | Tarsiidae Flower p. 185 |
| 1889 | Tarsiidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Tarsiidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1903 | Tarsiidae Wortman p. 411 |
| 1985 | Tarsiidae Simons and Bown p. 476 |
| 1988 | Tarsiidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Tarsiidae Nowak |
| 1994 | Tarsiidae Beard et al. p. 607 |
| 1997 | Tarsiidae Mein and Ginsburg p. 806 |
| 2001 | Tarsiidae Gunnell and Miller p. 189 |
| 2004 | Tarsiidae Kay et al. p. 100 |
| 2004 | Tarsiidae Poux and Douzery |
| 2011 | Tarsiidae Chaimanee et al. p. 1957 |
| 2013 | Tarsiidae Fleagle |
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Fm. Tarsiidae Gray 1825
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G. Carlito Groves and Shekelle 2010
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Carlito syrichta Linnaeus 1758 [Philippine tarsier]
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Invalid names: Tarsius carbonarius Heude 1898 [synonym], Tarsius fraterculus Miller 1911 [synonym], Tarsius philippensis Meyer 1894 [synonym], Tarsius syrichta syrichta Linnaeus 1758 [invalid subgroup]
G. Cephalopachus Swainson 1835
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Cephalopachus bancanus Horsfield 1821 [Horsfield's tarsier]
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Cephalopachus bancanus bancanus Horsfield 1821
Tarsius bancanus natunensis Chasen 1940
Tarsius bancanus saltator Elliot 1910 [Belitung Island tarsier]
Cephalopachus bancanus borneanus Elliot 1910 [Bornean tarsier]
G. †Hesperotarsius Zijlstra et al. 2013
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†Hesperotarsius sindhensis Zijlstra et al. 2013
†Hesperotarsius thailandicus Ginsburg and Mein 1987
G. Tarsius Storr 1780 [tarsier]
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Tarsius dentatus Miller and Hollister 1921 [Dian's tarsier]
†Tarsius eocaenus Beard et al. 1994
Tarsius fuscus Fischer 1804
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Invalid names: Tarsius fischerii Desmarest 1804 [objective synonym], Tarsius fuscomanus Fischer 1804 [objective synonym]
Tarsius lariang Merker and Groves 2006 [Lariang tarsier]
Tarsius pelengensis Sody 1949 [Peleng Island tarsier]
Tarsius pumilus Miller and Hollister 1921 [pygmy tarsier]
Tarsius sangirensis Meyer 1897
†Tarsius sirindhornae Chaimanee et al. 2011
Tarsius spectrumgurskyae Shekelle et al. 2017
Tarsius supriatnai Shekelle et al. 2017
Tarsius tarsier Erxleben 1777
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Invalid names: Didelphys macrotarsos Schreber 1778 [objective synonym], Lemur podje Kerr 1792 [synonym], Lemur spectrum Pallas 1778 [objective synonym], Macrotarsus buffonii Link 1795 [objective synonym], Tarsius daubentonii Fischer 1804 [synonym], Tarsius pallassii Geoffroy 1796 [objective synonym], Tarsius spectrum spectrum Pallas 1778 [invalid subgroup]
Tarsius tumpara Shekelle et al. 2008 [Siau Island tarsier]
Tarsius wallacei Merker et al. 2010 [Wallace's tarsier]
Invalid names: Macrotarsus Link 1795 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available