Biology:Mottle-faced tamarin

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Short description: Species of New World monkey

Mottle-faced tamarin[1][2]
Adult Mottled-face Tamarin on a tree branch with young on its back, near Mitú, Colombia
Adult and young near Mitú, Colombia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Saguinus
Species:
S. inustus
Binomial name
Saguinus inustus
(Schwartz, 1951)[4]
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Range of the Mottled-face Tamarin

The mottle-faced tamarin (Saguinus inustus) is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

Interaction With Humans

Mottle-faced tamarins are not hunted by locals, due to their "small size" and instead some are even kept as pets.[5]

References

  1. Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100233. 
  2. "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. 2009. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6. 
  3. Palacios, E.; Röhe, F.; Stevenson, P.R.; Urbani, B. (2021). "Saguinus inustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T41523A192552160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41523A192552160.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41523/192552160. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  4. Schwartz, Ernst (1951). "A New Marmoset Monkey From Brazil". American Museum Novitates (1508): 1–3. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3968//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N1508.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. 
  5. de Souza, Luciane L.; Queiroz, Helder L.; Ayres, José Márcio (2004). "The Mottled-face Tamarin, Saguinus inustus, in the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil". Neotropical Primates 12 (3): 121–122. doi:10.1896/1413-4705.12.3.121. ISSN 1413-4705. 

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