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--> ORDER PRIMATES
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--> FAMILY Cebidae
--> SUBFAMILY Callitrichinae
--> GENUS Callithrix
--> SUBGENUS Callithrix
SPECIES Callithrix (Callithrix) kuhlii
Author: | Coimbra-Filho, 1985. | Citation: | Fundaçao Brasileira Conservaçao Natu. Bol. Inform., 9: 5. | Common Name: | Wied’s Marmoset | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia, north of Rio Belmonte. | Distribution: | Between Rio de Contas and Rio Jequitinhonha, SW Brazil. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern. | Comments: | Subgenus Callithrix. Accepted as a species by Mittermeier et al. (1988) and Groves (1989), but ascribed by these authors to Wied-Neuwied, 1826, who in fact was not describing a new taxon; the earliest available reference to the species is as above (see Groves, 2001c). |
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