Callithrix geoffroyi

(von Humboldt, 1811)

Geoffroy's Tufted-ear Marmoset

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Callitrichidae
Genus : Callithrix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Humboldt, A. von. 1811. Tableau synoptique des singes de l'Amérique. Pp. 353–363 in Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. (eds.). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186551

Original name as described

Simia Geoffroyi

Other common names

White-faced Marmoset · White-headed Marmoset

Type material

MNHN 607 (= MNHN 599)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil. Restricted by Prince A. P. M. Wied-Neuwied in 1826 to between the rios Espírito Santo and Jucú, near Victoria.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000781

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Simia Geoffroyi

(von Humboldt, 1811)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 607 (= MNHN 599)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186551

Authority publication

Paris

Jacchus leucocephalus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN 607 (= MNHN 599)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499313

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia albifrons

(Thunberg, 1819)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

UUZM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Handl. Kongl. Vetenskaps Acad., Stockholm

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Jacchus albifrons

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207529

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Callithrix geoffroyi

Groves, 2005

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Rylands, Coimbra-Filho & Mittermeier (2009:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5046)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3572/191701212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hapale melanotis

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

melanotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358382

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Jacchus Maximiliani

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1862)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

maximiliani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618853

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Jacchus leucogenys

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

leucogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994580

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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