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--> SUBFAMILY Callitrichinae
--> GENUS Callithrix
--> SUBGENUS Callithrix
SPECIES Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 27. | Common Name: | Common Marmoset | Type Locality: | Brazil, Pernambuco. | Distribution: | Brazilian coast: Piauí, Ceará, and Pernambuco Provinces. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern. | Comments: | Subgenus Callithrix. Includes aurita, flaviceps, geoffroyi, and penicillata according to Hershkovitz (1977:489-527), but refuted by Mittermeier et al. (1988) who recognized all of these species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
albicollis Spix, 1823 communis (South, 1845) hapale (Gray, 1870) leucotis (Lesson, 1840) moschatus (Kerr, 1792) rufus Fischer, 1829 vulgaris Humboldt, 1812
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