Black-mantled tamarin

The black-mantled tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis, is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Peru and Ecuador.[4][5]

Black-mantled tamarin[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Leontocebus
Species:
L. nigricollis
Binomial name
Leontocebus nigricollis
(Spix, 1823)
Combined range of the black-mantled and Graells's tamarins

There are 3 subspecies:[4][5]

  • Spix's black mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis nigricollis
  • Graells's tamarin or Graells’ black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi
  • Hernandez-Camacho's black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis hernandezi

Graells's tamarin has sometimes been considered to be a separate species.[6][7] The body length is 15–28 cm. The tail length is 27–42 cm.

Family groups consisting of a male, a female and 1 or 2 young live in a defined territory - the female marks branches on the boundaries of the territory with secretions of her anal glands and urine. The female gives birth to 2 young after a gestation of 140 to 150 days. It mainly eats insects, leaves, and fruit.

References
Notes
  1. 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. pp. 135–136. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 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.
  3. de la Torre, S. & Stevenson, P. (2008). "Leontocebus nigricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T39945A10294823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T39945A10294823.en.
  4. Rylands, Anthony B.; Eckhard W. Heymann; Jessica Lynch Alfaro; Janet C. Buckner; Christian Roos; Christian Matauschek; Jean P. Boubli; Ricardo Sampaio; and Russell A. Mittermeier (2016). "Taxonomic Review of the New World Tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 1003–1028. doi:10.1111/zoj.12386. Retrieved 19 April 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. Porter, Leila M.; Dacier, Anand; Garber, Paul A. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 336–337. ISBN 9781940496061.
  6. Rylands, Mittermeier, Coimbra-Filho, Heymann, de la Torre, Silva Jr., Kierulff, Noronha and Röhe (2008). Marmosets and Tamarins: Pocket Identification Guide. Conservation International. ISBN 978-1-934151-20-4
  7. Defler, T. (2004). Primates of Colombia. Conservation International. ISBN 1-881173-83-6
Source
  • Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia


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