Marca's marmoset [1] [2] | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Mico |
Species: | M. marcai
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Binomial name | |
Mico marcai
Alperin, 1993
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Marca's marmoset range | |
Synonyms | |
Mico manicorensis van Roosmalen et al., 2000 [4] |
The Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã- Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil. [5] Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about 9 inches (23 cm) long, excluding the tail, and it has a 15-inch (38 cm) long tail. It weighs about 12 ounces (340 g).
It was previously thought to be virtually unknown; in 2008 the IUCN noted that it had never been seen in the wild, [3] though it has been observed since then. [6] [7] However, later studies found the Manicore marmoset (Mico manicorensis), discovered in the Campos Amazônicos National Park in 2000, to be conspecific with M. marcai, and thus both were synonymized. [5] [3]
Marca's marmoset [1] [2] | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Mico |
Species: | M. marcai
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Binomial name | |
Mico marcai
Alperin, 1993
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Marca's marmoset range | |
Synonyms | |
Mico manicorensis van Roosmalen et al., 2000 [4] |
The Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã- Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil. [5] Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about 9 inches (23 cm) long, excluding the tail, and it has a 15-inch (38 cm) long tail. It weighs about 12 ounces (340 g).
It was previously thought to be virtually unknown; in 2008 the IUCN noted that it had never been seen in the wild, [3] though it has been observed since then. [6] [7] However, later studies found the Manicore marmoset (Mico manicorensis), discovered in the Campos Amazônicos National Park in 2000, to be conspecific with M. marcai, and thus both were synonymized. [5] [3]