Niemitz's tarsier

Niemitz's tarsier
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific 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

Niemitz's tarsier (Tarsius niemitzi) is a species of tarsier. It was named in honor of the German evolutionary biologist Carsten Niemitz in 2019. He with his student Alexandra Nietsch were the first to systematically survey and identify possible taxonomic distinctiveness of the Togean's tarsiers population, reportedly based on a tip by Rolex Lameanda, an Indonesian government official. The species is found on an archipelago off the coast of Sulawesi called the Togian Islands in Central Sulawesi. Locally it is called bunsing, while Niemitz's tarsier has been suggested as the English common name. ^[2]

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 . 2020. IUCN: 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.