CALLITRICHIDAE
Marmosets and Tamarins

Scientific Name
Common Name
Diploid Number
Sex Chromosomes
References
Callimico goeldii Goeldi's Monkey or Goeldi's Marmoset 47-48 X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y Nagamachi, 1995
Callithrix argentata Bare-ear or Silvery Marmoset 46 XX/XY Nagamachi, 1995
Callithrix aurita Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset ?
Callithrix flaviceps Buffy-headed Marmoset ?
Callithrix geoffroyi White-fronted Marmoset ?
Callithrix humeralifer Tassel-ear Marmoset 44, 46
Callithrix jacchus Tufted-ear or Common Marmoset 46 XX/XY Nagamachi, 1995
Callithrix kuhlii Wied's Black Tufted-ear Marmoset ?
Callithrix penicillata Black-pencilled Marmoset ?
Callithrix pygmaea Pygmy Marmoset 44 XX/XY Nagamachi, 1995
Leontopithecus caissara ? ?
Leontopithecus chrysomela Golden-headed Lion Tamarin 46 XX/XY Nagamachi, 1995
Leontopithecus chrysopygus Black Lion Tamarin ?
Leontopithecus rosalia Lion Tamarin 46 XX/XY Nagamachi, 1995
Saquinus bicolor Brazilian Bare-face or Pied Tamarin ?
Saguinus fuscicollis Saddle-back Tamarin 46
Saguinus geoffroyi Rufous-naped Tamarin ?
Saguinus imperator Emperor Tamarin ?
Saguinus inustus Mottle-face Tamarin ?
Saguinus labiatus Red-chested Moustached or Red-bellied Tamarin ?
Saguinus leucopus White-footed or Silvery Brown Bare-face Tamarin 46
Saguinus midas midas Midas or Black Tamarin 46 XX/XY Nagamachi, 1995
Saguinus mystax Black-chested Moustached Tamarin 46
Saguinus nigricollis Black-mantle or Red and Black Tamarin 46
Saguinus oedipus Crested Tamarin 46
Saguinus tripartitus ? ?