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July 21, 2008


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CONTENTS


Foreward



Preface & Acknowledgments



Taxonomic History of the Tarsiers, Evidence for the Origins of Buffon’s Tarsier, and the

Fate of Tarsius spectrum Pallas, 1778

Colin Groves, Myron Shekelle, & Douglas Brandon-Jones

1


Distribution and Biogeography of Tarsiers

Myron Shekelle

13


A Tarsier Capture in Upper Montane Forest on Borneo

Antonia J. Gorog & Martua H. Sinaga

29


Distribution of Tarsier Acoustic Forms, North and Central Sulawesi: With Notes on the

Primary Taxonomy of Sulawesi’s Tarsiers

Myron Shekelle

35


Distribution of Tarsier Haplotypes for Some Parts of Northern and Central Sulawesi

Myron Shekelle, Juan Carlos Morales, Carsten Niemitz, Luluk Lely Soraya

Ichwan, & Don Melnick

51


A Method for Multivariate Analysis and Classification of Tarsier Tail Tufts

Myron Shekelle, Colin Groves, Sharon Gursky, Irene Neri-Arboleda, &

Alexandra Nietsch

71


Tarsier Longevity: Data from a Recapture in the Wild and from Captive Animals

Myron Shekelle & Alexandra Nietsch

85


Eastern Tarsiers in Captivity, Part I: Enclosure and Enrichment

Keely Severn ,Donatus Dahang, & Myron Shekelle

91


Eastern Tarsiers in Captivity, Part II: A Preliminary Assessment of Diet

Donatus Dahang, Keely Severn, & Myron Shekelle

97


The Conservation Status of Indonesia’s Tarsiers

Sharon Gursky, Myron Shekelle, & Alexandra Nietsch

105


Craniometry of Slow Lorises (Genus Nycticebus) of Insular Southeast Asia

Colin Groves & Ibnu Maryanto

115


Enclosure Design for Captive Slow and Pygmy Lorises

Helena Fitch-Snyder, Helga Schulze, & Ulrike Streicher

123


Confiscation, Rehabilitation and Placement of Slow Lorises: Recommendations to

Improve the Handling of Confiscated Slow Lorises Nycticebus coucang

Ulrike Streicher, Helga Schulze, & Helena Fitch-Snyder

137


Dedication

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