Tarsier
Family of 'dry nosed' primates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tarsiers (/ˈtɑːrsiərz/ TAR-see-ərz) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is, itself, the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was, prehistorically, more globally widespread, all of the species living today are restricted to Maritime Southeast Asia, predominantly being found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.[3]
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Tarsiers[1][2] | |
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Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Tarsiiformes |
Family: | Tarsiidae Gray, 1825 |
Type genus | |
Tarsius Storr, 1780 | |
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They are found primarily in forested habitats, especially forests that have liana, since the vine gives tarsiers vertical support when climbing trees.[4]