Tarsiidae is a family of haplorhine primates commonly known as tarsiers, the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Tarsiers were prehistorically more widespread, but all living species are now restricted to Maritime Southeast Asia, found predominantly in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Brunei, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Indonesia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Malaysia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Philippines, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Tarsier
Wikipedia- Tarsiidae: lone extant family stated explicitly
Introduction
Tarsiers ( TAR-see-ərz) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes.
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