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SPECIES Callithrix (Callithrix) flaviceps

Author:Thomas, 1903.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12: 240.
Common Name:Buffy-headed Marmoset
Type Locality:Brazil, Rive, Espírito Santo.
Distribution:S Espírito Santo (Brazil).
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered.
Comments:Subgenus Callithrix. Accepted as a species by Mittermeier et al. (1988) and Groves (1989). Regarded as a subspecies of aurita by Coimbra-Filho (1990).
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    flavescente Miranda Ribeiro, 1924

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