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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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