Description
English: Siau Island Tarsier (Tarsius tumpara) at Mount Tamata, Siau Island, North Sulawesi
Bahasa Indonesia: Tumpara (Tarsius tumpara) di Gunung Tamata, Pulau Siau, Sulawesi Utara
Date 15 January 2016, 20:32:49
Author Ariefrahman https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ariefrahman
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siau_Island_Tarsier_-_Tarsius_tumpara_01.jpg

Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara) is a species of tarsier from the tiny volcanic island of Siau. Its existence as a distinct taxon was predicted by the hybrid biogeographic hypothesis for Sulawesi. The rationale was that a geographic discontinuity existed between the northern tip of Sulawesi, and the population of tarsiers on Sangihe Island (the Sangihe tarsier Tarsius sangirensis), approximately 200 kilometres to the north. Order: Primates, Family: Tarsiidae, Genus: Tarsius, Species: Tarsius tumpara Shekelle, Groves, Merker, J. Supriatna. (2008)