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Siau Island tarsier
| Siau Island tarsier | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Tarsiidae |
| Genus: | Tarsius |
| Species: | T. tumpara
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| Binomial name | |
| Tarsius tumpara | |
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The Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara) is a species of tarsier from the tiny volcanic island of Siau in Indonesia.[2] The T. tumpara species is one of 14 species and 7 subspecies in the tarsier family called "Tarsiidae".[3] They belong to the Haplorrhini suborder, known as the "dry-nosed" primates.[3] The tarsier's eyes are so big that they do not move in its socket and they are almost as big as its brain.[3] Locally in the Siau dialect of Sangir language, the tarsiers are called Tumpara. The name differs from the Sangihe dialect which called tarsiers, Senggasi or Higo, these names are used for the Sangihe tarsier instead.[2]
- ^ Shekelle, M.; Salim, A. (2020). "Tarsius tumpara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T179234A17977202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T179234A17977202.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Shekelle, M.; Groves, C.; Merker, S.; Supriatna, J. (2008). "Tarsius tumpara: A new tarsier species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi" (PDF). Primate Conservation. 23: 55–64. doi:10.1896/052.023.0106. S2CID 55493260.
- ^ a b c "Siau Island Tarsier | New England Primate Conservancy". 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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