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Spix's Night Monkey
Animalia Aotidae

Spix's Night Monkey

Aotus vociferans (Spix, 1823)

Aotus vociferans is a small nocturnal New World night monkey species found in no…

Azara’s Night Monkey
Animalia Aotidae

Azara’s Night Monkey

Aotus azarae (Humboldt, 1812)

Aotus azarae (Azara's night monkey) is a mostly tree-dwelling, generally nocturn…

Grey-handed Night Monkey
Animalia Aotidae

Grey-handed Night Monkey

Aotus griseimembra Elliot, 1912

The gray-handed night monkey is a nocturnal, arboreal monkey native to Colombia …

Panamanian Night Monkey
Animalia Aotidae

Panamanian Night Monkey

Aotus zonalis Goldman, 1914

Aotus zonalis, the Panamanian or Chocoan night monkey, is a debated nocturnal mo…

Geoffroy’s Tufted-ear Marmoset
Animalia Callitrichidae

Geoffroy’s Tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix geoffroyi (Humboldt, 1812)

Callithrix geoffroyi, the white-headed marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to easter…

Common Marmoset
Animalia Callitrichidae

Common Marmoset

Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Callithrix jacchus, the common marmoset, is a small Brazilian monkey with cooper…

Black-tufted-ear Marmoset
Animalia Callitrichidae

Black-tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix penicillata (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Callithrix penicillata, the black-tufted marmoset, is a small New World monkey w…

Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset
Animalia Callitrichidae

Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix aurita (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Callithrix aurita, the buffy-tufted marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to southern …

Wied's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset
Animalia Callitrichidae

Wied's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix kuhlii Coimbra-Filho, 1985

Wied's marmoset is a New World monkey living in eastern Brazil's forests, with m…

Golden-mantle Saddleback Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Golden-mantle Saddleback Tamarin

Leontocebus tripartitus (A.Milne-Edwards, 1878)

Leontocebus tripartitus is a monomorphic tamarin species that lives in small pol…

Black-mantled Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Black-mantled Tamarin

Leontocebus nigricollis (Spix, 1823)

Leontocebus nigricollis, the black-mantled tamarin, is a saddle-back tamarin fro…

White-mantled Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

White-mantled Tamarin

Leontocebus weddelli (Deville, 1849)

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus weddelli) is a small South American m…

Red-mantle Saddle-back Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Red-mantle Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus lagonotus (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)

Leontocebus lagonotus, the red-mantled saddle-back tamarin, is a small South Ame…

Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin

Saguinus bicolor (Spix, 1823)

Saguinus bicolor, the pied tamarin, is a small New World monkey found in Brazil …

Golden-handed Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Golden-handed Tamarin

Saguinus midas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Saguinus midas, the golden-handed tamarin, is a small New World monkey found nor…

Geoffroy’s Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Geoffroy’s Tamarin

Saguinus geoffroyi (Pucheran, 1845)

Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) is the smallest Central American monkey,…

Silvery-brown Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Silvery-brown Tamarin

Saguinus leucopus (Günther, 1877)

Saguinus leucopus, the white-footed tamarin, is a small New World primate with d…

Cotton-headed Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Cotton-headed Tamarin

Saguinus oedipus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Saguinus oedipus, the cotton-top tamarin, is a small bare-faced tamarin endemic …

Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus imperator (Goeldi, 1907)

This is a detailed biological description of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imper…

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Kuhl, 1820)

The golden-headed lion tamarin is an endangered lion tamarin endemic to fragment…

Black Lion Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Black Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan, 1823)

The black lion tamarin is a rare, São Paulo-endemic New World monkey thought ext…

Golden Lion Tamarin
Animalia Callitrichidae

Golden Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus rosalia (Linnaeus, 1766)

Leontopithecus rosalia, the golden lion tamarin, is a small territorial callitri…

Goeldi's Marmoset
Animalia Callitrichidae

Goeldi's Marmoset

Callimico goeldii (Thomas, 1904)

Goeldi's marmoset (Callimico goeldii) is a small rare New World monkey native to…

Black-tailed Marmoset
Animalia Callitrichidae

Black-tailed Marmoset

Mico melanurus (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Mico melanurus, the black-tailed marmoset, is a small New World monkey found in …