White marmoset

The white marmoset (Mico leucippe), or golden-white bare-ear marmoset, is a vulnerable species of marmoset, a small monkey endemic to the Amazon rainforest in Pará, Brazil.[3]

White marmoset[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Mico
Species:
M. leucippe
Binomial name
Mico leucippe
(Thomas, 1922)
Geographic range

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
  3. Mittermeier, R. A. & Rylands, A. B. (2008). "Mico leucippe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T39912A10283351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T39912A10283351.en.


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