Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
Weddell's saddle-back tamarin | |
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Weddell's saddle-back tamarin | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Leontocebus |
Species: | L. weddelli |
Binomial name | |
Leontocebus weddelli (Deville, 1849) | |
Range of the Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin |
Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus weddelli) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Weddell's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.[2][1] It lives in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, with the type locality being in Bolivia.[2][1]
There are 3 subspecies:[2][1]
- Leontocebus weddelli weddelli
- Crandall's saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli crandalli)
- White-mantled tamarin or White saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli melanoleucus)
Males have a head and body length of about 190.0 millimetres (7.48 in) and females have a head and body length of about 196.6 millimetres (7.74 in).[1] The tail is between 250 millimetres (9.8 in) and 300 millimetres (12 in) long.[1] Males weigh about 359 grams (12.7 oz) and females weight about 357 grams (12.6 oz).[1]
Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals.[1] It lives in various types of groups, including single-adult male, single adult female groups, multi-male, multi-female groups, single-male, multi-female groups and single female, multi male groups.[1] Females sometimes remain in their natal group.[1] It associates with the emperor tamarin, the red-bellied tamarin and Goeldi's marmoset.[1]
The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Porter, Leila M.; Dacier, Anand (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 340–342. ISBN 9781940496061.
- ^ a b c Rylands, Anthony B.; Eckhard W. Heymann; Jessica Lynch Alfaro; Janet C. Buckner; Christian Roos; Christian Matauschek; Jean P. Boubli; Ricardo Sampaio; Russell A. Mittermeier (2016). "Taxonomic Review of the New World Tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 1003–1028. doi:10.1111/zoj.12386. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Suborder: Haplorhini
(Atlantic marmosets)
- Black-tufted marmoset (C. penicillata)
- Buffy-headed marmoset (C. flaviceps)
- Buffy-tufted marmoset (C. aurita)
- Common marmoset (C. jacchus)
- White-headed marmoset (C. geoffroyi)
- Wied's marmoset (C. kuhlii)
(Amazonian marmosets)
- Rio Acari marmoset (M. acariensis)
- Silvery marmoset (M. argentatus)
- White marmoset (M. leucippe)
- Emilia's marmoset (M. emiliae)
- Black-headed marmoset (M. nigriceps)
- Marca's marmoset (M. marcai)
- Schneider's marmoset (M. schneideri)
- Black-tailed marmoset (M. melanurus)
- Santarem marmoset (M. humeralifer)
- Maués marmoset (M. mauesi)
- Munduruku marmoset (M. munduruku)
- Gold-and-white marmoset (M. chrysoleucos)
- Hershkovitz's marmoset (M. intermedia)
- Satéré marmoset (M. saterei)
- Rondon's marmoset (M. rondoni)
- Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (M. humilis)
- Eastern pygmy marmoset (C. niveiventris)
- Western pygmy marmoset (C. pygmaea)
(lion tamarins)
- Black lion tamarin (L. chrysopygus)
- Golden lion tamarin (L. rosalia)
- Golden-headed lion tamarin (L. chrysomelas)
- Superagui lion tamarin (L. caissara)
(saddle-back tamarins)
- Andean saddle-back tamarin (L. leucogenys)
- Black-mantled tamarin (L. nigricollis)
- Brown-mantled tamarin (L. fuscicollis)
- Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (L. cruzlimai)
- Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (L. nigrifrons)
- Golden-mantled tamarin (S. tripartitus)
- Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (L. illigeri)
- Lesson's saddle-back tamarin (L. fuscus)
- Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (L. lagonotus)
- Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (L. weddelli)
(tamarins)
Subgenus Saguinus: |
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Subgenus Tamarinus: |
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- Goeldi's marmoset (C. goeldii)