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The Makassar tarsier (Tarsius fuscus), also known locally as Balao Cengke,[2] is a species of tarsier. Its range is in Indonesia in the southwestern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, near Makassar. At one point the taxon was downgraded to a junior synonym of the spectral tarsier (T. tarsier). However, when that species' range was restricted to the population on a single island near Sulawesi, this nomen was resurrected to contain the remainder of that species.[3]
| Makassar tarsier | |
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| Tarsius fuscus with newly born baby in Babul National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Tarsiidae |
| Genus: | Tarsius |
| Species: | T. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tarsius fuscus G. Fischer, 1804 | |
The taxonomy of the tarsiers from Sulawesi has long been confused.[4] T. fuscus was initially described by Fischer in 1804.[4] The species was subsequently renamed twice inadvertently, as T. fuscomanus in 1812 by Geoffroy and as T. fischeri in 1846 by Burmeister.[4] In 1953 William Charles Osman Hill concluded that the type locality of T. spectrum was actually Makassar, although it was stated to have come from Ambon.[4] As a result, Hill concluded that T. fuscus was a junior synonym of T. spectrum.[4] T. spectrum was later determined to be a junior synonym of T. tarsier.[5] In 2010, Groves restricted T. tarsier to just those tarsiers on the island of Selayar, making the name T. fuscus valid once again for the tarsiers near Makassar.[3][6]
The Makassar tarsier has generally reddish-brown fur.[3] The hair at the end of the tail is black.[3] It has shorter skull and shorter toothrows than most other tarsiers.[3] It also has shorter hind feet than other tarsiers.[3] The tail is shorter relative to body size than most tarsiers, representing 143% to 166% of the body length.[3]
All Tarsius species are nocturnal and arboreal.[7] Like all Tarsius, T. fuscus is exclusively carnivorous and insectivorous, generally capturing prey by leaping on it.[7]
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