Tarsiiformes

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Tarsiers are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.

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Philippine tarsier

phylum Chordata The Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta) is endemic to the Philippines, found in the southeastern part of the archipelago. Size is about the same as a human fist. The head can rotate 180 degrees, compensating for large eyes that are fixed in the skull.

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class Mammalia
order Primates
suborder Haplorhini
family Tarsiidae
genus Carlito
species C. syrichta

Spectral tarsier

phylum Chordata The spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrum, also called Tarsius tarsier) is a species of tarsier found on the island of Selayar in Indonesia. It is apparently less specialized than the Philippine tarsier or Horsfield's tarsier; for example, it lacks adhesive toes. It is the type species for the genus Tarsius.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
infraorder Tarsiiformes
family Tarsiidae
genus Tarsius
species T. tarsier

Tetonius homunculus

phylum Chordata Anaptomorphinae is a pre-historic group of primates known from Eocene fossils in North America and Europe and later periods of Paleocene Asia

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
order Primates
infraorder Tarsiiformes
family †Omomyidae
genus †Tetonius
species T. homunculus
Temporal range Early Eocene