CALLITRICHIDAE

Marmosets and Tamarins




Goeldi's Monkey or Goeldi's Marmoset

Callimico goeldii (Thomas, 1904)
Distribution: W Brazil, N Bolivia, E Peru, Colombia: Upper Amazon Rainforests.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Rare
File: JPEG (60K); Photo: Tim Knight; Location: zoo in Amsterdam




Bare-ear or Silvery Marmoset

Callithrix argentata (Linnaeus, 1771)
Distribution: N and C Brazil, E Bolivia.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable as C. a. leucippe and C. humeralifer intermedius.
Photo: NA




Buffy Tufted-eared Marmoset

Callithrix aurita (E. Geoffroy, 1812)
Distribution: SE Brazilian coast.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
Photo: NA




Buffy-headed Marmoset

Callithrix flaviceps (Thomas, 1903)
Distribution: S Espirito Santo.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
Photo: NA




Geoffroy's Tufted-eared Marmoset

Callithrix geoffroyi (Humboldt, 1812)
Distribution: EC Brazil (coast of Bahia).
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Tassel-eared Marmoset

Callithrix humeralifer (E. Geoffroy, 1812)
Distribution: Brazil, between Madeira and Tapajos rivers, south of the Amazon.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Insufficiently known as C. h. chrysoeuca.
Photo: NA




Common Marmoset

Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution: Brazilian coast: Piauf, Ceara, and Pernambuco Provinces.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
File: JPEG 34K; Photo: Ellen Kerley; Location: Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas
Another Common Marmoset photo by Ellen Kerley




Wied's Tufted-eared Marmoset

Callithrix kuhlii (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)
Distribution: Between Rio de Contas and Rio Jequitinhonha, SW Bolivia.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Maues Marmoset

Callithrix mauesi (Discovered in 1992)
Distribution: Primary rainforests along the Maues River, Brazil
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Black-headed Marmoset

Callithrix nigriceps (First described in 1992)
Distribution: Lowland rainforests of Brazil
Status: IUCN - Vulnerable
Photo: NA




Black Tufted-eared Marmoset

Callithrix penicillata (E. Geoffroy, 1812)
Distribution: Brazilian coast: Bahia to Sao Paulo, inland to Goias.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Pygmy Marmoset

Callithrix pygmaea (Spix, 1823)
Distribution: N and W Brazil, N Peru, Ecuador.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
File: JPEG 34K; Photo: Ellen Kerley; Location: Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas




Black-faced Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus caissara Lorini and Persson, 1990
Distribution: Superagui Island.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
Photo: NA




Golden-headed Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus chrysomela (Kuhl, 1820)
Distribution: Brazil, coastal Bahia.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
File: GIF 64K; Photo: Phillip Coffey, Jersey Zoo, Channel Islands




Black Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan, 1823)
Distribution: Brazil, Sao Paulo region.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
Photo: NA




Golden Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus rosalia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Distribution: SE Brazil: Rio Doce (Espirito Santo) south into Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
File: JPG (35K); Photo: Tim Knight; Location: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA




Brazilian Bare-face or Pied Tamarin

Saquinus bicolor (Spix, 1823)
Distribution: N Brazil; perhaps NE Peru.
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
Photo: NA




Saddleback Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis (Spix, 1823)
Distribution: N and W Brazil, N Bolivia, E Peru, E Ecuador, SW Colombia.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Red-crested or Rufous-naped Tamarin

Saguinus geoffroyi (Pucheran, 1845)
Distribution: SE Costa Rica to NW Colombia.
Status: CITES - Appendix I
Photo: NA




Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus imperator (Goeldi, 1907)
Distribution: W Brazil, E Peru.
Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN -Indeterminate
Photo: NA




Mottle-face Tamarin

Saguinus inustus (Schwartz, 1951)
Distribution:NW Brazil, SW Colombia
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Red-chested Moustached or Red-bellied Tamarin

Saguinus labiatus (E. Geoffroy, 1812)
Distribution: W Brazil, E Peru
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




White-footed or Silvery Brown Bare-face Tamarin

Saguinus leucopus (Gunther, 1877)
Distribution: N Colombia
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Threatened; IUCN - Endangered
Photo: NA




Black Tamarin

Saguinus midas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution: N Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Moustached Tamarin or Black-chested Moustached Tamarin

Saguinus mystax (Spix, 1823)
Distribution: W Brazil, Peru
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Spix's Black-mantle or Red and Black Tamarin

Saguinus nigricollis (Spix, 1823)
Distribution: W Brazil, E Peru, E Ecuador
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA




Cotton-top Tamarin

Saguinus oedipus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution: N Columbia (endemic)
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered as S. o. oedipus.
File: JPG 12K; Photo: Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, Rhode Island

Web site: To learn about Cotton-top Tamarins and the collaborative efforts of scientists, citizens, and conservation groups to help save this endangered species please visit the Project Tamarin Web site.




Golden-mantled Saddleback Tamarin

Saguinus tripartitus (Milne-Edwards, 1878)
Distribution: East of Rio Curaray, Brazil-Colombia border; sympatric with S. fuscicollis around Curaray-Napo Confluence.
Status: CITES - Appendix II
Photo: NA



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