Niemitz's tarsier

Niemitz's tarsier (Tarsius niemitzi) is a species of tarsier. It was named in honor of the German evolutionary biologist Carsten Niemitz in 2019. The species is found on an archipelago off the coast of Sulawesi called the Togian Islands. In Indonesian it is called bunsing, tangkasi or podi while Niemitz's tarsier has been suggested as the English common name.[2]

Niemitz's tarsier
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Tarsiidae
Genus: Tarsius
Species:
T. niemitzi
Binomial name
Tarsius niemitzi
Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto, Mittermeier, Salim & Springer, 2019

It is thought to be endangered by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss.[3]

References
  1. Shekelle, M. (2020). "Tarsius niemitzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2020: e.T162337005A171341769. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. Shekelle, Myron; Groves, Colin P.; Maryanto, Ibnu; Mittermeier, Russell A.; Salim, Agus; Springer, Mark S. (2019). "A new tarsier species from the Togean Islands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, with references to Wallacea and conservation on Sulawesi" (PDF). Primate Conservation. 33: 1–9. S2CID 204801433. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-10.
  3. Anthropology, Myron Shekelle (Department of; Group), Western Washington University / IUCN SSC Primate Specialist (2020-03-22). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Tarsius niemitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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