Leontopithecus caissara

Lorini & Persson, 1990

Black-faced Lion Tamarin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lorini, M.L. and Persson, V.G. 1990-06-11. Nova espécie de Leontopithecus Lesson, 1840, do sul do Brasil (Primates, Callitrichidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional (Zoologia)338:1-14.

Original name as described

Leontopithecus caissara

Other common names

Superagüi Lion Tamarin

Type material

MN 28861

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Barra do Ararapira, Ilha de Superagui, municipality of Guaraqueçaba, Paraná State, Brazil (25° 18' S, 48° 11' W).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000787

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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.

Leontopithecus caissara

Lorini & Persson, 1990

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

caissara

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 28861

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Boletim do Museu Nacional

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11503/206547044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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