Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Leontocebus |
Species: | L. nigrifrons
|
Binomial name | |
Leontocebus nigrifrons (
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850)
| |
![]() | |
Range of the Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin |
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus nigrifrons) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. [2] [1] It lives in Loreto, Peru. [2]
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 190 millimetres (7.5 in) and 219 millimetres (8.6 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 333 millimetres (13.1 in) long. [1] Males weigh about 354 grams (12.5 oz) and females weight about 369 grams (13.0 oz). [1]
It lives in groups with multiple males and females. [1] It reaches sexual maturity at 18 months. [1] Both males and females emigrate from their natal group. [1] Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin frequently associates with and forms mixed groups with moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax. [1] The two species often sleep in the same tree and both species respond to each other's alarm calls. [1]
Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals. [1]
The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint. [1]
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Leontocebus |
Species: | L. nigrifrons
|
Binomial name | |
Leontocebus nigrifrons (
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850)
| |
![]() | |
Range of the Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin |
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus nigrifrons) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. [2] [1] It lives in Loreto, Peru. [2]
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 190 millimetres (7.5 in) and 219 millimetres (8.6 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 333 millimetres (13.1 in) long. [1] Males weigh about 354 grams (12.5 oz) and females weight about 369 grams (13.0 oz). [1]
It lives in groups with multiple males and females. [1] It reaches sexual maturity at 18 months. [1] Both males and females emigrate from their natal group. [1] Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin frequently associates with and forms mixed groups with moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax. [1] The two species often sleep in the same tree and both species respond to each other's alarm calls. [1]
Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals. [1]
The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint. [1]