White-mantled tamarin

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White-mantled tamarin[1][2]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Saguinus
Species: S. melanoleucus
Binomial name
Saguinus melanoleucus
Ribeiro, 1912
White-mantled tamarin range
Synonyms
  • acrensis (Carvalho, 1957)
  • hololeucus (Pinto, 1937)

The white-mantled tamarin, Saguinus melanoleucus, is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil, between Rio Jurua and Rio Tarauacá.

Subspecies

  • S. m. crandalli, Crandall's saddleback tamarin
  • S. m. melanoleucus, White saddleback tamarin

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 135. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  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 melanoleucos. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2 January 2009.


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