Family

Callitrichidae

22 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Primates › Callitrichidae

Geoffroy’s Tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix geoffroyi (Humboldt, 1812)

Callithrix geoffroyi, the white-headed marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to eastern Brazilian forests with a diet of fruit, insects and tree gum.

Common Marmoset

Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Callithrix jacchus, the common marmoset, is a small Brazilian monkey with cooperative breeding and specialized arboreal adaptations.

Black-tufted-ear Marmoset

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

Callithrix penicillata, the black-tufted marmoset, is a small New World monkey with distinct physical traits, specific behaviors, diet, and predator responses.

Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset

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

Callithrix aurita, the buffy-tufted marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to southern Brazil's Atlantic Forest with specific morphology, distribution, and ecology.

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 matriarchal social groups and twin offspring.

Golden-mantle Saddleback Tamarin

Leontocebus tripartitus (A.Milne-Edwards, 1878)

Leontocebus tripartitus is a monomorphic tamarin species that lives in small polygynandrous social groups with unique reproductive traits.

Black-mantled Tamarin

Leontocebus nigricollis (Spix, 1823)

Leontocebus nigricollis, the black-mantled tamarin, is a saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon with three subspecies.

White-mantled Tamarin

Leontocebus weddelli (Deville, 1849)

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus weddelli) is a small South American monkey classified as least concern by the IUCN.

Red-mantle Saddle-back Tamarin

Leontocebus lagonotus (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)

Leontocebus lagonotus, the red-mantled saddle-back tamarin, is a small South American monkey currently rated least concern by the IUCN.

Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin

Saguinus bicolor (Spix, 1823)

Saguinus bicolor, the pied tamarin, is a small New World monkey found in Brazil with a specific social and reproductive structure.

Golden-handed Tamarin

Saguinus midas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Saguinus midas, the golden-handed tamarin, is a small New World monkey found north of the Amazon River.

Geoffroy’s Tamarin

Saguinus geoffroyi (Pucheran, 1845)

Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) is the smallest Central American monkey, found in Panama and Colombia, with specific physical and reproductive traits.

Silvery-brown Tamarin

Saguinus leucopus (Günther, 1877)

Saguinus leucopus, the white-footed tamarin, is a small New World primate with distinct physical traits and specific forest habitat preferences.

Cotton-headed Tamarin

Saguinus oedipus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Saguinus oedipus, the cotton-top tamarin, is a small bare-faced tamarin endemic to northwest Colombia, with specialized food vocalizations.

Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus imperator (Goeldi, 1907)

This is a detailed biological description of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator), covering its physical traits, habitat, behavior, distribution, and reproduction.

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Kuhl, 1820)

The golden-headed lion tamarin is an endangered lion tamarin endemic to fragmented Bahia, Brazil tropical forests.

Black Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan, 1823)

The black lion tamarin is a rare, São Paulo-endemic New World monkey thought extinct until 1970.

Golden Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus rosalia (Linnaeus, 1766)

Leontopithecus rosalia, the golden lion tamarin, is a small territorial callitrichid monkey endemic to Atlantic Forest fragments in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.