Wallace's tarsier is a small brown arboreal primate, less than 15 centimetres long, found in the forests of the neck of Sulawesi in Central Sulawesi, where it is called tangkasi in the Kaili-Da'a dialect and toga in Kaili-Ledo. It was described by Stefan Merker and colleagues in 2010 from a type locality about 9 kilometres south of Palu, and named for the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. It has large eyes, a clear facial mask, white spots behind the ears and a long tail with a bushy tuft, and it is larger than the pygmy tarsier. It is told apart from its relatives by its duetting call and by DNA. Two populations, north and south of Palu Bay, live in primary and secondary forest and degraded areas. It is rated vulnerable, and its population is thought to be decreasing as forest is cleared for plantation crops.
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Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsAgriculture and Aquaculture 2 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
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Source Wallace's tarsier (Wikipedia)
In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web: Tarsiidae: tarsiers
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Source Wallace's tarsier (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Wallace's tarsier is endemic to Central Sulawesi in Indonesia
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Tarsier
WikipediaBehavior
All tarsier species are nocturnal in their habits
Diet
Tarsiers are the only entirely carnivorous extant primates, albeit mainly insectivorous
View the Source 2. Wallace's tarsier (Wikipedia)
Lead
It is found in the forests of what is referred to geologically as the neck of Sulawesi in Central Sulawesi.
Status
has rated it as "vulnerable"
Status, population trend
The total population is unknown but is thought to be decreasing as forest is cleared to make way for plantation crops.
Status, threats
thought to be decreasing as forest is cleared to make way for plantation crops
Distribution and habitat
This tarsier is arboreal and is found in both primary and secondary forest and in degraded areas.
Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Wallace's tarsier is endemic to Central Sulawesi in Indonesia
Description
has a head-and-body length of between 10 and 15 cm (4 and 6 in)
View the Source3. Animal Diversity Web: Tarsiidae: tarsiers
Animal Diversity WebEconomic Importance for Humans: Positive (family account)
tarsiers are efficient predators of large arthropods, many of which are crop pests, so help to control their populations
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat (family account)
Tarsier species are all highly arboreal and are found primarily in tropical, forested habitats with dense vertical growth.
View the Source 4. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species description records for Tarsius wallacei
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Status and Conservation
CITES Appendix II.
Status and Conservation, conservation status
Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red
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