Tarsius is a genus of tarsiers, small primates native to islands of Southeast Asia. Until 2010, all tarsier species were typically assigned to this genus, but a revision of the family Tarsiidae restored the generic status of Cephalopachus and created a new genus Carlito.^[1]

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Tarsius[1] Temporal range: 48.6–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Eocene to recent
Spectral tarsier
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Family:	Tarsiidae
Genus:	Tarsius Storr, 1780
Type species
Lemur tarsier Erxleben, 1777
Species
T. dentatus T. lariang T. niemitzi T. pelengensis T. pumilus T. sangirensis T. tarsier T. tumpara T. wallacei T. fuscus T. spectrumgurskyae T. supriatnai †T. eocaenus †T. sirindhornae
Distribution and range of Tarsius supriatnai and other tarsier species in Sulawesi, Indonesia:   Tarsius dentatus   Tarsius wallacei   Tarsius lariang   Tarsius fuscus   Tarsius pumilus   Tarsius pelengensis   Tarsius spectrumgurskyae   Tarsius supriatnai   Tarsius niemitzi

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All members of Tarsius are found on Sulawesi, while Cephalopachus is found on Sundaland and Carlito in Greater Mindanao.

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Genus Tarsius – Storr, 1780 – twelve species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Dian's tarsier	T. dentatus Miller & Hollister, 1921	Central Sulawesi, Indonesia	Size: 11–12 cm (4–5 in) long, plus 13–28 cm (5–11 in) tail[2][3] Habitat: Forest[4] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates[2]	VU  Unknown [4]
Gursky's spectral tarsier	T. spectrumgurskyae Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto & Mittermeier, 2017	Northeastern Sulawesi (in purple)	Size: About 14 cm (6 in) long, plus 21–27 cm (8–11 in) tail[5] Habitat: Forest[6] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates[6]	VU  Unknown [6]
Jatna's tarsier	T. supriatnai Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto & Mittermeier, 2017	Northern Sulawesi (in gray)	Size: About 14 cm (6 in) long, plus 23–25 cm (9–10 in) tail[5] Habitat: Forest[7] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates[7]	VU  Unknown [7]
Lariang tarsier	T. lariang Groves & Merker, 2006	Central Sulawesi	Size: About 12 cm (5 in) long, plus 12–21 cm (5–8 in) tail[8] Habitat: Forest[9] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates[9]	DD  Unknown [9]
Makassar tarsier	T. fuscus Fischer von Waldheim, 1804	Southern Sulawesi (in yellow)	Size: 12–13 cm (5 in) long, plus 24–26 cm (9–10 in) tail[10] Habitat: Forest and caves[11] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates[10]	VU  Unknown [11]
Niemitz's tarsier	T. niemitzi Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto, Mittermeier, Salim & Springer, 2019	Northern Sulawesi (circled in black)	Size: About 14 cm (6 in) long, plus 24–26 cm (9–10 in) tail[12] Habitat: Forest[13] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates[13]	EN  10,000–20,000 [13]
Peleng tarsier	T. pelengensis Sody, 1949	Eastern Sulawesi	Size: 12–14 cm (5–6 in) long, plus 25–27 cm (10–11 in) tail[14] Habitat: Forest[15] Diet: Insects, as well as frogs, lizards, and other small vertebrates[15]	EN  Unknown [15]
Pygmy tarsier	T. pumilus Miller, Hollister, 1921	Central Sulawesi	Size: 8–11 cm (3–4 in) long, plus 20–21 cm (8 in) tail[16][17] Habitat: Forest[18] Diet: Arthropods and insects, as well as small vertebrates[16]	EN  Unknown [18]
Sangihe tarsier	T. sangirensis Meyer, 1897	Sangir Island, southeastern Philippines	Size: 12–13 cm (5 in) long, plus about 30 cm (12 in) tail[19] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands[20] Diet: Insects, as well as birds, lizards, and other small vertebrates[19]	EN  Unknown [20]
Siau Island tarsier	T. tumpara Shekelle, Groves, Merker & Supriatna, 2008	Siau Island, north of Sulawesi	Size: 10–15 cm (4–6 in) long, plus about 20 cm (8 in) tail[21] Habitat: Forest[22] Diet: Arthropods, as well as small vertebrates[22]	CR  Unknown [22]
Spectral tarsier	T. tarsier (Erxleben, 1777)	Sulawesi	Size: 9–14 cm (4–6 in) long, plus 20–26 cm (8–10 in) tail[23] Habitat: Forest[24] Diet: Insects, as well as lizards, bats, and other small vertebrates[23]	VU  Unknown [24]
Wallace's tarsier	T. wallacei Merker, Driller, Dahruddin, Wirdateti, Sinaga, Perwitasari-Farajallah & Shekelle, 2010	Northern Sulawesi (in orange)	Size: 11–13 cm (4–5 in) long, plus 23–27 cm (9–11 in) tail[25] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands[26] Diet: Insects, as well as small vertebrates[25]	VU  Unknown [26]

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As of 2018^[update], Fossilworks also recognizes the following additional extinct species:^[27]

• †Tarsius eocaenus Beard et al., 1994^[28]
• †Tarsius sirindhornae Chaimanee et al., 2011^[29]