Tarsiidae (family)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Primates (order) > Tarsiiformes (infraorder)
Descripción
Family containing one genus and about seven Asian species of tarsiers, plus two fossil species from the Middle Eocene to Holocene. Living tarsiers are small, leaping primates found only on various islands of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, on some East Indian islands, and on some Philippine islands.
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URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- tarsiers family [en]