Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin

Species of New World monkey

Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Leontocebus
Species:
L. nigrifrons
Binomial name
Leontocebus nigrifrons
(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850)
Range of the Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin

Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus nigrifrons) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.[2][1] It lives in Loreto, Peru.[2]

Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 190 millimetres (7.5 in) and 219 millimetres (8.6 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 333 millimetres (13.1 in) long.[1] Males weigh about 354 grams (12.5 oz) and females weight about 369 grams (13.0 oz).[1]

It lives in groups with multiple males and females.[1] It reaches sexual maturity at 18 months.[1] Both males and females emigrate from their natal group.[1] Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin frequently associates with and forms mixed groups with moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax.[1] The two species often sleep in the same tree and both species respond to each other's alarm calls.[1]

Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals.[1]

The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Porter, Leila M.; Dacier, Anand (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. p. 338. ISBN 9781940496061.
  2. ^ a b Rylands, Anthony B.; Eckhard W. Heymann; Jessica Lynch Alfaro; Janet C. Buckner; Christian Roos; Christian Matauschek; Jean P. Boubli; Ricardo Sampaio; Russell A. Mittermeier (2016). "Taxonomic Review of the New World Tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 1003–1028. doi:10.1111/zoj.12386. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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Extant species of family Callitrichidae
Callithrix
(Atlantic marmosets)
  • Black-tufted marmoset (C. penicillata)
  • Buffy-headed marmoset (C. flaviceps)
  • Buffy-tufted marmoset (C. aurita)
  • Common marmoset (C. jacchus)
  • White-headed marmoset (C. geoffroyi)
  • Wied's marmoset (C. kuhlii)
Mico
(Amazonian marmosets)
  • Rio Acari marmoset (M. acariensis)
  • Silvery marmoset (M. argentatus)
  • White marmoset (M. leucippe)
  • Emilia's marmoset (M. emiliae)
  • Black-headed marmoset (M. nigriceps)
  • Marca's marmoset (M. marcai)
  • Schneider's marmoset (M. schneideri)
  • Black-tailed marmoset (M. melanurus)
  • Santarem marmoset (M. humeralifer)
  • Maués marmoset (M. mauesi)
  • Munduruku marmoset (M. munduruku)
  • Gold-and-white marmoset (M. chrysoleucos)
  • Hershkovitz's marmoset (M. intermedia)
  • Satéré marmoset (M. saterei)
  • Rondon's marmoset (M. rondoni)
  • Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (M. humilis)
Cebuella
  • Eastern pygmy marmoset (C. niveiventris)
  • Western pygmy marmoset (C. pygmaea)
Leontopithecus
(lion tamarins)
  • Black lion tamarin (L. chrysopygus)
  • Golden lion tamarin (L. rosalia)
  • Golden-headed lion tamarin (L. chrysomelas)
  • Superagui lion tamarin (L. caissara)
Leontocebus
(saddle-back tamarins)
  • Andean saddle-back tamarin (L. leucogenys)
  • Black-mantled tamarin (L. nigricollis)
  • Brown-mantled tamarin (L. fuscicollis)
  • Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (L. cruzlimai)
  • Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (L. nigrifrons)
  • Golden-mantled tamarin (S. tripartitus)
  • Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (L. illigeri)
  • Lesson's saddle-back tamarin (L. fuscus)
  • Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (L. lagonotus)
  • Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (L. weddelli)
Saguinus
(tamarins)
Subgenus Saguinus:
  • Golden-handed tamarin (S. midas)
  • Black tamarin (S. niger)
  • Eastern black-handed tamarin (S. ursula)
  • Pied tamarin (S. bicolor)
  • Martins's tamarin (S. martinsi)
  • Cotton-top tamarin (S. oedipus)
  • Geoffroy's tamarin (S. geoffroyi)
  • White-footed tamarin (S. leucopus)
Subgenus Tamarinus:
  • Moustached tamarin (S. mystax)
  • White-lipped tamarin (S. labiatus)
  • Emperor tamarin (S. imperator)
  • Mottle-faced tamarin (S. inustus)
Callimico
  • Goeldi's marmoset (C. goeldii)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Leontocebus nigrifrons
Hapale nigrifrons