Weddell's saddle-back tamarin

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus weddelli) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Weddell's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.[2][1] It lives in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, with the type locality being in Bolivia.[2][1]

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Leontocebus
Species:
L. weddelli
Binomial name
Leontocebus weddelli
(Deville, 1849)
Range of the Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin

There are 3 subspecies:[2][1]

  • Leontocebus weddelli weddelli
  • Crandall's saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli crandalli)
  • White-mantled tamarin or White saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli melanoleucus)

Males have a head and body length of about 190.0 millimetres (7.48 in) and females have a head and body length of about 196.6 millimetres (7.74 in).[1] The tail is between 250 millimetres (9.8 in) and 300 millimetres (12 in) long.[1] Males weigh about 359 grams (12.7 oz) and females weight about 357 grams (12.6 oz).[1]

Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals.[1] It lives in various types of groups, including single-adult male, single adult female groups, multi-male, multi-female groups, single-male, multi-female groups and single female, multi male groups.[1] Females sometimes remain in their natal group.[1] It associates with the emperor tamarin, the red-bellied tamarin and Goeldi's marmoset.[1]

The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.[1]

References
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  1. Porter, Leila M.; Dacier, Anand (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 340–342. ISBN 9781940496061.
  2. Rylands, Anthony B.; Eckhard W. Heymann; Jessica Lynch Alfaro; Janet C. Buckner; Christian Roos; Christian Matauschek; Jean P. Boubli; Ricardo Sampaio; 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 2020-04-19.
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