Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus nigrifrons) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.[2][1] It lives in Loreto, Peru.[2]
| Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Leontocebus |
| Species: | L. nigrifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Leontocebus nigrifrons (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850) | |
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 190 millimetres (7.5 in) and 219 millimetres (8.6 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 333 millimetres (13.1 in) long.[1] Males weigh about 354 grams (12.5 oz) and females weight about 369 grams (13.0 oz).[1]
It lives in groups with multiple males and females.[1] It reaches sexual maturity at 18 months.[1] Both males and females emigrate from their natal group.[1] Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin frequently associates with and forms mixed groups with moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax.[1] The two species often sleep in the same tree and both species respond to each others alarm calls.[1]
Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals.[1]
The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.[1]
References
- Porter, Leila M.; Dacier, Anand (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. p. 338. ISBN 9781940496061.
- 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)