Endangered
Sangihe tarsier
Tarsius sangirensis
The Sangihe tarsier, also known as Sangihe Island tarsier, is a small primate found on Sangir Island, that is located about 200 kilometers north-east of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Appearance
The large, round, forward-facing, pale-chestnut-colored eyes and elongated digits and tarsus are basic characteristics of the Sangihe tarsier. Upper pelage is yellowish brown with dark-grey bases. Lower parts of it are a dullish-white with a light-grey base.
It is a very small primate weighing between 100 and 120 grams.
Range and habitat
The Sangihe tarsier is endemic to the Sangihe Islands in Indonesia that is only 547 km2. It favors primary-growth forest but also fares well in secondary-growth forest. It also has been found in scrub habitats, coconut plantations, and in some cases agricultural areas.
The Sangihe tarsier, also known as Sangihe Island tarsier, is a small primate found on Sangir Island, that is located about 200 kilometers north-east of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. In 2008 a population of the Sangihe tarsier was determined to be a distinct species, the Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara).
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
It tends to be solitary or lives in small groups of 2–6. It is a nocturnal species, that makes it even harder to document.
Chirping can be mostly heard when males are trying to mate with females. It does not forage for insects like other insectivores but instead sits and waits.
In crisis
The Sangihe tarsier is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. The population is thought to be between 1,505 and 52,734. Some of its natural threats include birds, snakes, and the giant civet.
Mount Awu can also be considered a natural threat as well, since it is an active and deadly volcano on the island. Anthropogenic causes include habitat loss or fragmentation, the introduction of cats and dogs to the island, population density increases in its territory, and pet trade.
CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.
Sangihe tarsier is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Sangihe tarsier, Wikidata item Q1365798. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
