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SPECIES Callithrix (Callithrix) kuhlii

Author:Coimbra-Filho, 1985.
Citation:Fundaçao Brasileira Conservaçao Natu. Bol. Inform., 9: 5.
Common Name:Wied’s Marmoset
Type Locality:Brazil, Bahia, north of Rio Belmonte.
Distribution:Between Rio de Contas and Rio Jequitinhonha, SW Brazil.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern.
Comments:Subgenus Callithrix. Accepted as a species by Mittermeier et al. (1988) and Groves (1989), but ascribed by these authors to Wied-Neuwied, 1826, who in fact was not describing a new taxon; the earliest available reference to the species is as above (see Groves, 2001c).
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