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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> FAMILY Cebidae
--> SUBFAMILY Callitrichinae
--> GENUS Callithrix
--> SUBGENUS Mico
SPECIES Callithrix (Mico) argentata
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1771. | | Citation: | Mantissa Plantarum, 2(Appendix): 521. | | Common Name: | Silvery Marmoset | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Pará, Cametá, on banks of Rio Tocantins. | | Distribution: | N and C Brazil, E Bolivia. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern as Mico argentata. | | Comments: | Subgenus Mico. Includes emiliae, melanura and leucippe according to Hershkovitz (1977:436), and intermedius (Ávila-Pires, 1985). De Vivo (1985) recognized emiliae (Thomas, 1920) as a full species; Coimbra-Filho (1990) recognized emiliae and intermedius as distinct species; Groves (2001c) recognized all these and others, subsequently described, as distinct species. |
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