The history of Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park began when Alfred Russel Wallace went on an expedition in 1857. A few years later, he published The Malay Archipelago which invited further research. This area has been designated as a conservation area since the 70s to 80s. In 1989, the Regional Office of the Ministry of Forestry of South Sulawesi proposed it as a Hasanuddin national park. Even so, its status as a candidate for a national park lasted quite a long time.
Finally, in 2004 the Minister of Forestry issued a decree (SK.398/Menhut-II/2004) dated October 18, 2004 concerning about changes in the function of forest areas in the Bantimurung-Bulusaraung Forest Group covering an area of 43,750 hectares.
The Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park conservatory is dedicated to saving Sulawesi endemic animals including  a unique nocturnal primate, the Tarsius Tarsiers. Tarsiers have a very limited geographic range. They can only be found in the islands of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Borneo, and Sumatra.
As I have specifically chosen to write about the Tarsius Tarsiers, the classification of Tarsius Tarsiers are as follows :
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class:Mammal
Order:Primate
Family: Tarsiidae
