NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Siau Island Tarsier
Tarsius tumpara Shekelle, Groves, Merker & Supriatna, 2008
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara) is a species of tarsier from the tiny volcanic island of Siau in Indonesia. The T. tumpara species is one of 14 species and 7 subspecies in the tarsier family called "Tarsiidae". They belong to the Haplorrhini suborder, known as the "dry-nosed" primates. The tarsier's eyes are so big that they do not move in its socket and they are almost as big as its brain. Locally in the Siau dialect of Sangir language, the tarsiers are called Tumpara. The name differs from the Sangihe dialect which called tarsiers, Senggasi or Higo, these names are used for the Sangihe tarsier instead.
Wikipedia contributors, Siau Island tarsier; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:17:02.864247+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tarsius tumpara Shekelle, Groves, Merker & Supriatna, 2008
- Name authority
- Shekelle, Groves, Merker & Supriatna, 2008
- Common name
- Siau Island Tarsier
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Tarsiidae
- Genus
- Tarsius
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderTarsiiformes Gregory, 1915
- familyTarsiidae Gray, 1825
- genusTarsius Storr, 1780
- speciesTarsius tumpara Shekelle, Groves, Merker & Supriatna, 2008
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tarsius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dian's TarsierTarsius dentatus Miller & Hollister, 1921 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lariang TarsierTarsius lariang Merker & Groves, 2006 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jatna's TarsierTarsius supriatnai Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto & Mittermeier, 2017 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Selayar TarsierTarsius tarsier (Erxleben, 1777) | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wallace's TarsierTarsius wallacei Merker, Driller, Dahruddin, Wirdateti, Sinaga, Perwitasari-Farajallah & Shekelle, 2010 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Makassar TarsierTarsius fuscus Fischer, 1804 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peleng TarsierTarsius pelengensis Sody, 1949 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy TarsierTarsius pumilus Miller & Hollister, 1921 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gursky's Spectral TarsierTarsius spectrumgurskyae Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto & Mittermeier, 2017 | TarsiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=944120 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:54XZL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.