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--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> FAMILY Cebidae
--> SUBFAMILY Callitrichinae
--> GENUS Leontopithecus
SPECIES Leontopithecus caissara
Author: | Lorini and Persson, 1990. | Citation: | Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, n.s., 338: 2. | Common Name: | Superagui Lion Tamarin | Type Locality: | Brazil, Superagui Isl (south of São Paulo), Guaraquecaba, 25°18'S, 48°11'W. | Distribution: | Superagui Isl and a small region on the opposite mainland (Brazil). | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Considered a subspecies of chrysopygus by Coimbra-Filho (1990). |
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