Tarsius Storr 1780 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Tarsiidae

Synonym: Macrotarsus Link 1795 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Tarsiidae according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Beard et al. 1994, Chaimanee et al. 2011, Gray 1825, Groves and Shekelle 2010, Gunnell and Miller 2001, Illiger 1811 and Mein and Ginsburg 1997

Sister taxa: Carlito, Cephalopachus, Hesperotarsius, Oligotarsius, Xanthorhysis

Subtaxa: Tarsius dentatus Tarsius eocaenus Tarsius fuscus Tarsius lariang Tarsius pelengensis Tarsius pumilus Tarsius sangirensis Tarsius sirindhornae Tarsius spectrumgurskyae Tarsius supriatnai Tarsius tarsier Tarsius tumpara Tarsius wallacei

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Type: Lemur tarsier

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Thailand (1 collection)

• Eocene of China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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