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GENUS Tarsius

Author:Storr, 1780.
Citation:Prodr. Meth. Mamm.: 33.
Type Species:Lemur tarsier Erxleben, 1777.
Comments:This genus, according to Goodman et al. (2001c) and to work in progress by C. P. Groves and M. Shekelle, should probably be split into two or three separate genera (for Sulawesi, Philippine, and Western groups).
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Offspring:

SPECIES bancanus

SUBSPECIES bancanus

SUBSPECIES borneanus

SUBSPECIES saltator

SPECIES dentatus

SPECIES pelengensis

SPECIES pumilus

SPECIES sangirensis

SPECIES syrichta

SPECIES tarsier

Synonyms:

    Cephalopachus Swainson, 1835
    Hypsicebus Lesson, 1840
    Macrotarsus Link, 1795
    Rabienus Gray, 1821

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