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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> FAMILY Cebidae
--> SUBFAMILY Callitrichinae
--> GENUS Callithrix
--> SUBGENUS Cebuella
SPECIES Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea
| Author: | Spix, 1823. | | Citation: | Sim. Vespert. Brasil.: 32. | | Common Name: | Pygmy Marmoset | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas, Solimões River, Tabatinga. | | Distribution: | N and W Brazil, N Peru, Ecuador. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern as Cebuella pygmaea. | | Comments: | Subgenus Cebuella (recognized by McKenna and Bell (1997) as a full genus; but it is not the most divergent clade of marmosets). Revised by Hershkovitz (1977:462-464), placed in Callithrix by Groves (1989, 2001c). Reviewed by Townsend (2001). |
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