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Tarsier
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.They 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 Asia, Europe, and North America (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. Within the family Tarsiidae, there are two extinct genera—''Xanthorhysis'' and '' Afrotarsius''; however, the placement of ''Afrotarsius'' is not certai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Philippine Tarsier
The Philippine tarsier (''Carlito syrichta''), known locally as ''mawumag'' in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, and ''magô'' in Waray, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archipelago, particularly on the islands of Bohol, Samar and Leyte. It is a member of the approximately 45-million-year-old family Tarsiidae, whose name is derived from its elongated " tarsus" or ankle bone. Formerly a member of the genus '' Tarsius'', it has since been listed as the only member of the genus ''Carlito'', a new genus named after the conservationist Carlito Pizarras. Its geographic range also includes Maripipi Island, Siargao Island, Basilan Island and Dinagat Island. Tarsiers have also been reported in Sarangani, although they may be different subspecies. Tribal people like the B'laans and T'bolis have been, for a long time, reporting sightings in the province of Sarangani. Unfortunately, these reports were merely discarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tarsius
''Tarsius'' is a genus of tarsiers, small primates native to islands of Maritime Southeast Asia, with almost all of its species found on Sulawesi Island. Until 2010, all tarsier species were typically assigned to this genus, but a revision of the family Tarsiidae restored the generic status of '' Cephalopachus'' and created a new genus '' Carlito''. All members of ''Tarsius'' are found on Sulawesi, while ''Cephalopachus'' is found on Sundaland and ''Carlito'' in Greater Mindanao. Species , Fossilworks Fossilworks was a portal which provides query, download, and analysis tools to facilitate access to the Paleobiology Database, a large relational database assembled by hundreds of paleontologists from around the world. History Fossilworks was cr ... also recognizes the following additional extinct species: * '' Tarsius eocaenus'' * '' Tarsius sirindhornae'' References Sources * * External links Mammals of Southeast Asia Tarsiers Primate gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tarsier (Inside Philippine National Museum Of Natural History)
Tarsiers ( ) are Haplorhini, haplorhine primates of the family (biology), 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.They 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 Asia, Europe, and North America (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. Within the family Tarsiidae, there are two extinct genera—''Xanthorhysis'' and ''Afrotarsius''; however, the placement of ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Cephalopachus
Horsfeld's tarsier (''Cephalopachus bancanus'') is the only species of tarsier in the genus ''Cephalopachus''. Named by American naturalist Thomas Horsfield, it is also referred to as western tarsier. The species occurs on Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands and is, like other members of the group, entirely nocturnal. Taxonomy Although Horsfeld's tarsier was usually placed in the genus ''Tarsius'' with all other living tarsiers, it is quite distinct from the Philippine tarsier and the various tarsiers of Sulawesi and nearby islands; therefore, scientists have placed it in a separate genus, ''Cephalopachus''. The taxonomy of this species is in doubt, with some subspecies considered unsure. In fact, over 20 years few studies have been done on ''C. bancanus'' and a taxonomic revision based upon intensive and systematic field surveys is overdue. The IUCN believes that these subspecies should be treated as distinct and named as separate taxa until more definitive evidence is available ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Primate
Primates is an order (biology), order of mammals, which is further divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and Lorisidae, lorisids; and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include Tarsiiformes, tarsiers and simians (monkeys and apes). Primates arose 74–63 million years ago first from small terrestrial animal, terrestrial mammals, which adapted for life in tropical forests: many primate characteristics represent adaptations to the challenging environment among Canopy (biology), tree tops, including large brain sizes, binocular vision, color vision, Animal communication, vocalizations, shoulder girdles allowing a large degree of movement in the upper limbs, and opposable thumbs (in most but not all) that enable better grasping and dexterity. Primates range in size from Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs , to the eastern gorilla, weighing over . There are 376–524 species of living primates, depending on which classification is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Haplorhini
Haplorhini (), the haplorhines (Greek language, Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates is a suborder of primates containing the Tarsiiformes, tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is sometimes spelled Haplorrhini. The simians include Catarrhini, catarrhines (Old World monkeys and apes, including humans), and the New World monkey, platyrrhines (New World monkeys). Haplorhini was proposed by Reginald Innes Pocock, Pocock in 1918 when he realized the tarsiers were actually sister to the monkeys rather than the lemurs, also following findings of Hugh Cuming 80 years earlier and Simia, Linnaeus 160 years earlier. For Linnaeus, this ensemble of primates constituted a genus "''Simia''". For religious reasons, ''Homo'' constituted its own genus (which has remained). The extinct Omomyidae, omomyids, which are considered to be the most Basal (phylogenetics), basal haplorhines, are believed to be more c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Simian
The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkey, Platyrrhini (New World monkeys) and Catarrhini, the latter of which consists of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys in the stricter sense) and the superfamily Hominoidea (apesincluding humans). The simians are sister group to the Tarsiiformes, tarsiers (Tarsiiformes), together forming the Haplorhini, haplorhines. The Evolutionary radiation, radiation occurred about 60 million years ago (during the Cenozoic era); 40 million years ago, simians colonized South America, giving rise to the New World monkeys. The remaining simians (catarrhines) split about 25 million years ago into Old World monkey, Cercopithecidae and apes (including humans). Taxonomy In earlier classification, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans – collectively known as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tarsiiform
Tarsiiformes are a group of primates that once ranged across Europe, northern Africa, Asia, and North America, but whose extant species are all found in the islands of Southeast Asia. Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae) are the only living members of the infraorder; other members of Tarsiidae include the extinct '' Tarsius eocaenus'' from the Eocene, and '' Tarsius thailandicus'' from the Miocene. Two extinct genera, '' Xanthorhysis'' and '' Afrotarsius'', are considered to be close relatives of the living tarsiers, and are generally classified within Tarsiiformes, with the former grouped within family Tarsiidae, and the latter listed as ''incertae sedis'' (undefined). Omomyids are generally considered to be extinct relatives, or even ancestors, of the living tarsiers, and are often classified within Tarsiiformes. Other fossil primates, including Microchoeridae, Carpolestidae,McKenna, M.C., and Bell, S.K. 1997. ''Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level.'' Columbia Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Afrotarsius
''Afrotarsius'' is a primate found in the Paleogene of Africa. The first species to be named, ''Afrotarsius chatrathi'', was named in 1985 on the basis of a single lower jaw from the Oligocene of Fayum, Egypt, and tentatively referred to the tarsier family (Tarsiidae). However, this relationship immediately proved controversial, and in 1987 the animal was placed in a separate family Afrotarsiidae related to simians. A tarsier-like tibiofibula was allocated to ''Afrotarsius'' in 1998, but the identity of this bone is controversial. In 2010, a second species of the genus, ''Afrotarsius libycus'', was named from the Eocene of Dur At-Talah, Libya, on the basis of isolated upper and lower teeth. Features of these teeth were interpreted as additional evidence for a relationship between ''Afrotarsius'' and anthropoids. A second afrotarsiid genus, '' Afrasia'', was named in 2012 from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar. In the same paper, Afrotarsiidae was placed together with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Carlito (genus)
Carlito means "little Carlos". It may refer to: Biology *Carlito (genus), ''Carlito'' (genus), a genus of tarsiers *The Philippine tarsier (''Carlito syrichta''), the only extant species in the above genus People * Carlito (name) * Carlito (wrestler), a ring name used by professional wrestler, Carlos Edwin Colón Jr. * Carlito, alias of Jonny Jakobsen Other * Carlito (typeface), a typeface released by Google with metrics compatible with Microsoft's Calibri typeface See also * Carlitos *Carloto *Thiago Carleto {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tarsius Sirindhornae
''Tarsius sirindhornae'' is an extinct species of ''Tarsius'' that lived during the Middle Miocene. Distribution ''Tarsius sirindhornae'' fossils are known from the Na Khaem Formation of Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q9355757 Miocene mammals of Asia Fossils of Thailand Fossil taxa described in 2011 Tarsiers Prehistoric primates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |