White marmoset

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White marmoset[1][2]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Mico
Species: M. leucippe
Binomial name
Mico leucippe
(Thomas, 1922)
White Marmoset range

The white marmoset (Mico leucippe), or golden-white bare-ear marmoset, is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil.

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. 132. 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. Mittermeier, R. A. & Rylands, A. B. (2008). Mico leucippe. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2 January 2009.


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