Cebuella pygmaea

(von Spix, 1823)

Northern Pygmy Marmoset

Formerly Callithrix pygmaea pygmaea or Mico pygmaeus pygmaeus. Formerly Cebidae (Callitrichinae). Also as Western Pygmy Marmoset.
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Location:Ecuador, Sucumbíos province, Shushufindi canton, Sacha LodgeDate taken:Aug 17, 2012

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7128

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spix, J.B. von. 1823. Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S. M. le roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Franciscus Seraphicus Hübschmann, Munich, 72 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826921

Original name as described

Iacchus pygmaeus

Other common names

Western Pygmy Marmoset

Type material

ZSM 20

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil, Amazonas, near Tabatinga, Rio Solimões, Amazonas State, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

moved from Callithrix to Cebuella; previously included C. niveiventris

Taxonomy notes citation

Rylands, A.B. and Mittermeier, R.A. 2009. The diversity of the New World primates (Platyrrhini): An annotated taxonomy. Pp. 23–54 in Garber, P.A., Estrada, A., Bicca-Marques, J.C., Heymann, E.W. and Strier, K.B. (eds.). South American Primates. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78705-32 · Boubli, J.P., Silva, M.N.F. da, Rylands, A.B., Nash, S.D., Bertuol, F., Nunes, M., Mittermeier, R.A., Byrne, H., Silva, F.E., Röhe, F., Sampaio, I., Schneider, H., Farias, I.P. and Hrbek, T. 2018. How many pygmy marmoset (Cebuella_ Gray, 1870) species are there? A taxonomic re-appraisal based on new molecular evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120:170-182. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.010 · Porter, L. M., de la Torre, S., Pérez‐Peña, P., & Cortés‐Ortiz, L. Taxonomic diversity of Cebuella in the western Amazon: Molecular, morphological and pelage diversity of museum and free‐ranging specimens. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000786

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.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Iacchus pygmaeus

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 20

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826921

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

Spix (1823:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38733)

Hapale pygmaeus

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523697

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1825:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  2. Trouessart (1878:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58778)

Jacchus pygmaeus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Midas leoninus

(H. W. Bates, 1864)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

leonina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

98

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Hapale pygmæa

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

734

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497731

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:734, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37237)
  2. Murray (1866:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Schlegel (1876:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Hapale pygmea

(Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Madrid

Name usages

Jiménez de la Espada (1870:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69139)

Cebuella pygmæa

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994581

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1871:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  2. Thomas (1928:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19808)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Anderson (1997:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  6. Rylands, Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves & Rodríguez-Luna (2000:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71834)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Rylands, Coimbra-Filho & Mittermeier (2009:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5046)
  9. Schneider, Bernardi, Cunha, Tagliaro, Vallinoto, Ferrari & Sampaio (2012:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4889)
  10. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Garbino, Casali, Nascimento & Serrano-Villavicencio (2019:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40779)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136926/200203263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Callithrix pygmaeus

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422849

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Callithrix pygmæa

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602774

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Groves (1993:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea

Rylands, H. Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves, & Rodríguez-Luna, 2000

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Neotropical Primates

Name usages

  1. Rylands, Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves & Rodríguez-Luna (2000:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71834)
  2. Rylands, Coimbra-Filho & Mittermeier (2009:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5046)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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