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

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