Andean saddle-back tamarin
The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Illiger's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.[2][3] It is closely related to Illiger's saddle-back tamarin.[3] It is endemic to Peru and its type locality is in the Department of Huanaco, Peru.[2][3]
| Andean saddle-back tamarin | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Leontocebus |
| Species: | L. leucogenys |
| Binomial name | |
| Leontocebus leucogenys (Gray, 1866) | |
The Andean saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 205 millimetres (8.1 in) and 230 millimetres (9.1 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 330 millimetres (13 in) long.[3] It weighs between 350 grams (12 oz) and 400 grams (14 oz).[3]
The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.[1]
References
- Rylands, A.B. & Mittermeier, R.A. (2008). "Andean Saddle-back Tamarin". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T19826A9020564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19826A9020564.en. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- 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 2020-04-19.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Porter, Leila M.; Dacier, Anand (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 334–336. ISBN 9781940496061.