''Tarsius'' is a genus of

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 M ...

s, small

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 a ...

s native to islands of

Maritime Southeast Asia Maritime Southeast Asia comprises the Southeast Asian countries of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and East Timor. The terms Island Southeast Asia and Insular Southeast Asia are sometimes given the same meaning as ...

, with almost all of its species found on

Sulawesi Island Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archi ...

. Until 2010, all tarsier species were typically assigned to this genus, but a revision of the family

Tarsiidae 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 ...

restored the generic status of ''

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 nea ...

'' and created a new genus ''

Carlito Carlito means "little Carlos". It may refer to: Biology * ''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 rin ...

''. All members of ''Tarsius'' are found on

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

, while ''Cephalopachus'' is found on

Sundaland Sundaland (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeast Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower. It inc ...

and ''Carlito'' in Greater

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) is the List of islands of the Philippines, second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and List of islands by population, seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the ...

Species

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also recognizes the following additional extinct species: * ''

Tarsius eocaenus ''Tarsius'' is a genus of tarsiers, small primates native to islands of Maritime Southeast Asia, with almost all of its species found on Sulawesi, Sulawesi Island. Until 2010, all tarsier species were typically assigned to this genus, but a revi ...

'' * ''

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 Th ...

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