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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> FAMILY Cebidae
--> SUBFAMILY Callitrichinae
--> GENUS Saguinus
SPECIES Saguinus niger
| Author: | É. Geoffroy, 1803. | | Citation: | Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris: 13. | | Common Name: | Black Tamarin | | Type Locality: | Brazil: Belem. | | Distribution: | Brazil, south of the Amazon, east of the Rio Xingu, including Marajo Isl. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern. | | Comments: | S. midas species group. Formerly called tamarin, but this is a synonym of S. midas: see Hershkovitz (1977:711). Separated from S. midas by Natori and Hanihara (1988). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
gracilis (G. Fischer, 1813)
umbratus (Thomas, 1922)
ursula Hoffmannsegg, 1807
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