Niemitz's tarsier (''Tarsius niemitzi'') is a species of

tarsier Tarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all of its species living today are found in Maritime Southe ...

. It was named in honor of the German evolutionary biologist

Carsten Niemitz Carsten Niemitz (born 29 September 1945 in Dessau) is a German anatomist, ethologist, and human evolutionary biologist. Life and work Niemitz studied biology, mathematics, medicine and art history at the Universities of Giessen, Freiburg, Götti ...

in 2019. The species is found on an archipelago off the coast of Sulawesi called the

Togian Islands The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, Talatako and Una-Una. Ther ...

. In Indonesian it is called , or while Niemitz's tarsier has been suggested as the English

common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contra ...

. It is thought to be

endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...

by the

IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...

due to habitat loss.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q68678635 Niemitz's tarsier Endemic fauna of Indonesia Mammals of Sulawesi Primates of Indonesia Niemitz's tarsier Taxa named by Colin Groves Taxa named by Russell Mittermeier