The type locality is Indonesia, Central Sulawesi, Pulau Island Peleng, Gunung Mount Tatarandang, near village at foot of the mountain in low vegetation.
However, Suharto received orders to abort the operation while he was already in-place at advanced headquarters in Peleng island, off Sulawesi.
Peleng is an island off the southeast coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia and is the largest island of the Banggai Islands (Kepulauan Banggai) group of islands.
The Peleng tarsier (Tarsius pelengensis), or the Peleng Island tarsier, is a nocturnal primate found on Peleng Island, Indonesia.
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It makes up a re-established regency (kabupaten), created by splitting the existing Banggai Regency into this smaller Banggai Regency situated on the mainland of Sulawesi (capital, Luwuk) and a new Banggai Islands Regency comprising the offshore islands (capital, Banggai town); the archipelago is separated from mainland Sulawesi by the Peleng Straits (Selat Peleng).