Biology:White-headed marmoset

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Short description: Species of New World monkey

White-headed marmoset[1]
Geoffroy's Marmoset 1.jpg
Callithrix geoffroyi LoroParqueTenerife IMG 5039.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Callithrix
Species:
C. geoffroyi
Binomial name
Callithrix geoffroyi
(É. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)
White-headed Marmoset area.png
White-headed marmoset range
Synonyms
  • C. albifrons (Thunberg, 1819)
  • C. leucocephalus (Humboldt, 1812)
  • C. leucogenys (Gray, 1870)
  • C. maximiliani (Reichenbach, 1862)
  • C. melanotis (Lesson, 1840)

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil , where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina.[2] It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.[3] Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.[4] It is a host of Pachysentis lenti an acanthocephalan intestinal parasite.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q934635 entry