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SPECIES Callithrix (Callithrix) geoffroyi

Author:Humboldt, 1812.
Citation:Rec. Obs. Zool. Anat. Comp.: 360.
Common Name:White-headed Marmoset
Type Locality:Brazil, Victoria, between Rios Espirito Santo and Jucu.
Distribution:EC Brazil (coast of Bahia).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:Subgenus Callithrix. Accepted as a species by Mittermeier et al. (1988) and Groves (1989).
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Synonyms:

    albifrons (Thunberg, 1819)
    leucocephalus (Humboldt, 1812)
    leucogenys (Gray, 1870)
    maximiliani (Reichenbach, 1862)
    melanotis (Lesson, 1840)

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