Evolution and Systematics
Functional Adaptations
Functional adaptation
Hairy pads or bristles on the feet of desert creatures help them move on loose sand by providing a braking mechanism as the feet push backwards.
"Soles equipped with bristles or hairy pads are also suitable for locomotion over loose sand. Many desert and steppe dwellers walk on such soft and comfortable soles; notable examples are the tarsiers, Tenebrionidae and Asilidae, the Eligmodontia mouse, the sand cat, and the fennec fox." (Tributsch 1984:73)
Learn more about this functional adaptation.
- Tributsch, H. 1984. How life learned to live. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 218 p.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 4 | Public Records: | 4 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 7 | Public Species: | 2 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 4 | Public BINs: | 1 |
| Species: | 2 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 2 | ||
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Tarsius
Tarsius is a genus of tarsiers, small primates native to southeast Asia. Until recently, all tarsier species were assigned to this genus, but recently two species were split into two other genera, while other species were described.[1]
- Genus Tarsius
- Dian's tarsier, T. dentatus
- Lariang tarsier, T. lariang
- Peleng tarsier, T. pelengensis
- Sangihe tarsier, T. sangirensis
- Spectral tarsier, T. tarsier
- Siau Island tarsier, T. tumpara
- Pygmy tarsier, T. pumilus
- Wallace's tarsier, T. wallacei
- T. fuscus
- T. sp. 1
- T. sp. 2
References
- ^ a b Groves, C.; Shekelle, M. (2010). "The Genera and Species of Tarsiidae" (PDF). International Journal of Primatology 31 (6): 1071–1082. doi:10.1007/s10764-010-9443-1. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j3712t1357863121/fulltext.pdf.
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