Wallace's tarsier
| Wallace's tarsier | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Tarsiidae |
| Genus: | Tarsius |
| Species: | T. wallacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarsius wallacei Merker et al. 2010 | |
Wallace's tarsier (Tarsius wallacei), is a species of Sulawesi tarsier (all tarsiers from the genus tarsius are from Sulawesi and its surrounding islands). It is found in the forests of what is referred to geologically as the neck of Sulawesi in Central Sulawesi. It is a small brown arboreal primate of the infraorder Tarsiiformes less than 15 cm (6 in) long. Locally in Kaili-Da'a dialect it is called Tangkasi, while in Kaili-Ledo dialect, it is called Toga.