Editing Tarsier (section)

{{Short description|Family of 'dry nosed' primates}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name                 = Tarsiers<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=127–128}}</ref><ref name=2010_Groves_Shekelle/>
| fossil_range         = {{Fossil range|45|0}}Middle [[Eocene]] to recent
| image                = Tarsier-GG.jpg
| image_caption        = [[Philippine tarsier]] (''Carlito syrichta'')
| taxon                = Tarsiidae 
| authority            = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
| type_genus           = ''[[Tarsius]]''
| type_genus_authority = [[Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr|Storr]], 1780
| subdivision_ranks    = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision          =
* ''[[Carlito (genus)|Carlito]]''
* ''[[Cephalopachus]]''
* ''[[Tarsius]]''
}}

'''Tarsiers''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɑr|s|i|ər|z}} {{respell|TAR|see|ərz}}) are [[Haplorhini|haplorhine]] [[primate]]s of the [[family (biology)|family]] '''Tarsiidae''', which is the lone extant family within the infraorder [[Tarsiiformes]]. Although the group was prehistorically more globally widespread, all of the existing [[species]] are restricted to [[Maritime Southeast Asia]], predominantly in [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Philippines]].<ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Tarsier.” ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 April 2019, http://www.britannica.com/animal/tarsier.</ref>[[File:Tarsier (Inside Philippine National Museum of Natural History).jpg|thumb|Tarsier image inside [[National Museum of the Philippines|Philippine National Museum]] of Natural History]]They are found primarily in forested habitats, especially forests that have [[liana]], since the vine gives tarsiers vertical support when climbing trees.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Simeon |first1=S.G.F. |last2=Duya |first2=M.R.M |last3=Duya |first3=M.V. |last4=Galindon |first4=J.M.M. |last5=Pasion |first5=B.O. |last6=Ong |first6=P.S. |title=Living in small spaces: Forest fragment characterization and its use by Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius syrichta Linnaeus, 1758) in Mindanao Island, Philippines |journal=Primates |date=2020 |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=529–542 |doi=10.1007/s10329-020-00798-2|pmid=32043166 |s2cid=211075031 }}</ref>