White-headed marmoset
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 it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina.[2] It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.[3] Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.[4]
White-headed marmoset[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Callithrix |
Species: | C. geoffroyi |
Binomial name | |
Callithrix geoffroyi (É. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812) | |
White-headed marmoset range | |
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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.
- de Melo, F.R.; Pereira, D.G.; Kierulff, M.C.M.; Bicca-Marques, J.C.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2021). "Callithrix geoffroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T3572A191701212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T3572A191701212.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- "Callithrix geoffroyi - White-headed marmoset". Infonatura. NatureServe. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- Caine, N. G.; Mundy, N. I. (2000). "Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) dependent on food colour". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 267 (1442): 439–444. doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.1019. PMC 1690559. PMID 10737399.
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