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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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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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