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Taxonomy
Tarsius was named by Storr (1780). It is extant. Its type is Lemur tarsier. It is the type genus of Tarsiiformes.
It was assigned to Macrotarsi by Illiger (1811); to Tarsina by Gray (1825); and to Tarsiidae by Beard et al. (1994), Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Gunnell and Miller (2001), Groves and Shekelle (2010), Chaimanee et al. (2011) and Burgin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Macrotarsi by Illiger (1811); to Tarsina by Gray (1825); and to Tarsiidae by Beard et al. (1994), Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Gunnell and Miller (2001), Groves and Shekelle (2010), Chaimanee et al. (2011) and Burgin et al. (2018).
Species
T. dentatus, T. eocaenus, T. fuscus (syn. T. fuscomanus, T. fischerii), T. lariang, T. pelengensis, T. pumilus, T. sangirensis, T. sirindhornae, T. spectrumgurskyae, T. supriatnai, T. tarsier (syn. Lemur podje, T. pallassii, Lemur spectrum, Didelphys macrotarsos, Macrotarsus buffonii, T. daubentonii), T. tumpara, T. wallacei
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1780 | Tarsius Storr |
| 1795 | Macrotarsus Link |
| 1811 | Tarsius Illiger p. 74 |
| 1825 | Tarsius Gray p. 338 |
| 1994 | Tarsius Beard et al. p. 607 |
| 1997 | Tarsius Mein and Ginsburg p. 806 |
| 2001 | Tarsius Gunnell and Miller p. 189 |
| 2010 | Tarsius Groves and Shekelle p. 1074 |
| 2011 | Tarsius Chaimanee et al. p. 1957 |
| 2018 | Tarsius Burgin et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
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