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SPECIES Saguinus melanoleucus

Author:Miranda Ribeiro, 1912.
Citation:Brasil. Rundsch.: 22.
Common Name:White-mantled Tamarin
Type Locality:Brazil, Amazonas, Santo Antonio, Rio Eiru, upper Rio Jurua.
Distribution:Brazil, between Rios Jurua and Tarauca.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient as S. fuscicolis crandalli, otherwise not listed.
Comments:S. nigricollis species group. Coimbra-Filho (1990) regarded melanoleucus as a species distinct from S. fuscicollis, and this was followed by Groves (2001c).
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Synonyms:

    acrensis (Carvalho, 1957)
    crandalli Hershkovitz, 1966
    hololeucus (Pinto, 1937)

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