Mottle-faced tamarin

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The mottle-faced tamarin (Saguinus inustus) is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

Mottle-faced tamarin[1][2]
Adult Mottled-face Tamarin on a tree branch with young on its back, near Mitú, Colombia
Adult and young near Mitú, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Saguinus
Species:
S. inustus
Binomial name
Saguinus inustus
(Schwarz, 1951)[4]
Range of the Mottled-face Tamarin

Interaction With Humans

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Mottle-faced tamarins are not hunted by locals, due to their "small size" and instead some are even kept as pets.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
  3. ^ Palacios, E.; Röhe, F.; Stevenson, P.R.; Urbani, B. (2021). "Saguinus inustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41523A192552160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41523A192552160.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ Schwartz, Ernst (1951). "A New Marmoset Monkey From Brazil" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1508): 1–3. hdl:2246/3968.
  5. ^ de Souza, Luciane L.; Queiroz, Helder L.; Ayres, José Márcio (2004). "The Mottled-face Tamarin, Saguinus inustus, in the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil". Neotropical Primates. 12 (3): 121–122. doi:10.1896/1413-4705.12.3.121. ISSN 1413-4705. S2CID 87028505.