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Tarsius tarsier

Mammalia - Primates - Tarsiidae

Taxonomy

Lemur tarsier was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant. It is the type species of Tarsius.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tarsius syrichta by Hill (1953); it was recombined as Tarsius tarsier by Cabrera (1910) and Groves and Shekelle (2010).

Subspecies

Tarsius spectrum spectrum

Synonyms

Lemur spectrum was named by Pallas (1778). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tarsius spectrum by Hill (1953); it was considered a nomen dubium by Elliot (1910); it was synonymized objectively with Tarsius tarsier by Groves and Shekelle (2010).
Tarsius daubentonii was named by Fischer (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tarsius syrichta by Hill (1953); it was synonymized subjectively with Tarsius tarsier by Groves and Shekelle (2010).
Tarsius spectrum spectrum was named by Pallas (1778). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Tarsius tarsier by Groves and Shekelle (2010).
Didelphys macrotarsos was named by Schreber (1778). It is extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Tarsius tarsier by Groves and Shekelle (2010).
Lemur podje was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tarsius tarsier by Groves and Shekelle (2010).
Macrotarsus buffonii was named by Link (1795). It is extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Tarsius tarsier by Groves and Shekelle (2010).
Tarsius pallassii was named by Geoffroy (1796). It is extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Tarsius tarsier by Groves and Shekelle (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1777	Lemur tarsier Erxleben
1778	Lemur spectrum Pallas
1778	Tarsius spectrum spectrum Pallas
1778	Didelphys macrotarsos Schreber p. 555
1792	Lemur podje Kerr p. 88
1795	Macrotarsus buffonii Link
1796	Tarsius pallassii Geoffroy
1804	Tarsius daubentonii Fischer
1910	Tarsius tarsier Cabrera
1953	Tarsius spectrum Hill p. 15
1953	Tarsius spectrum spectrum Hill p. 15
2010	Tarsius tarsier Groves and Shekelle p. 1078

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
infraorder	Haplorhini	(Pocock 1918)
infraorder	Tarsiiformes	Gregory 1915
family	Tarsiidae	Gray 1825
genus	Tarsius	Storr 1780
species	tarsier	(Erxleben 1777)

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.

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]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

arborealf

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-22 19:00:28

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Collections

No collection or age range data are available