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New tarsier species on Malenge

Newest tarsier

Scientists first spotted a previously unknown type of tarsier on the Togean Islands off Sulawesi, Indonesia, in 1993, and it’s taken 25 years of further studies to describe the diminutive primate species as new to science. Niemitz’s tarsier (Tarsius niemitzi) is named after Carsten Niemitz, one of the scientists on…