Red-capped tamarin

Red-capped tamarin[1][2]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Saguinus
Species: S. pileatus
Binomial name
Saguinus pileatus
I. Geoffroy and Deville, 1848

The red-capped tamarin, Saguinus pileatus, is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil, on the eastern margin of Lago de Téfé.It grows to 56 cm long.

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 136. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100252. 
  2. ^ Rylands AB and Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB. South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6. 
  3. ^ Rylands, A. B. & Mittermeier, R. A. (2008). Saguinus mystax ssp. pileatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 January 2009.