| White-headed marmoset[1][2] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Callithrix |
| Species: | C. geoffroyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Callithrix geoffroyi (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812) | |
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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 native to Bahia, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina.[3] It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.[4]
One of the more common callitrichids in captivity, many zoos keep and breed the species. In fact, some zoos have to use birth-control methods for them.
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
- ^ a b Rylands, A. B. & Mendes, S. L. (2008). "Callithrix geoffroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T3572A9952962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3572A9952962.en.
- ^ "Callithrix geoffroyi - White-headed Marmoset". Infonatura. NatureServe. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
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