Tarsier
Sign in to saveTarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was prehistorically more globally widespread, all of the existing species are restricted to Maritime Southeast Asia, predominantly in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.thumb|Tarsier image inside National Museum of the Philippines|Philippine National Museum of Natural HistoryThey are found primarily in forested habitats, especially forests that have liana, since the vine gives tarsiers vertical support when climbing trees.
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Tarsiers are small primates found only in Maritime Southeast Asia, primarily in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei, where they live in forested areas with climbing vines. They represent a unique branch of primate evolution and are notable as the sole surviving family within their taxonomic group, though their ancestors once lived in many more parts of the world.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
Horsfield's Tarsier
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyTarsiidae
Observations484
Groupmammalia
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- Parent taxon
- Tarsiiformes
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- Evolutionary history
- Fossil record
- Classification
- Anatomy and physiology
- Behavior
- Predators
- Diet
- Reproduction
- Conservation
- References
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Tarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was prehistorically more globally widespread, all of the existing species are restricted to Maritime Southeast Asia, predominantly in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.thumb|Tarsier image inside National Museum of the Philippines|Philippine National Museum of Natural HistoryThey are found primarily in forested habitats, especially forests that have liana, since the vine gives tarsiers vertical support when climbing trees.
==Evolutionary history== ===Fossil record=== Fossils of tarsiiform primates have been found in other parts of Asia, (with disputed fossils from Northern Africa), but extant tarsiers are restricted to several Southeast Asian islands. The fossil record indicates that their dentition has not changed much, except in size, over the past 45 million years.