Leontopithecus chrysomelas

(Kuhl, 1820)

Golden-headed 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

Kuhl, H. 1820. Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Hermannsche Buchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230809

Original name as described

Midas chrysomelas

Type material

AMNH MS-252, RMNH.MAM.17691, MNHN (lost)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-252 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17691

Type locality

Brazil, forests of the rios Ilhéos, Pardo, and Belmonte. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1977 to Ribeirão das Minhocas, left bank of upper Rio dos Ilhéus, upper Bahia State.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000788

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.

Midas chrysomelas

(Kuhl, 1820)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

chrysomelas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-252, RMNH.MAM.17691, MNHN (lost)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-252 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17691

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230809

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Lesson (1827:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Leontopithecus chrysomelas

Groves, 2005

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

chrysomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40643/192327573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Jacchus chrysomelas

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

chrysomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523859

Authority publication

Paris

Hapale chrisomelas

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

chrisomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

137 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45439968

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Jacchus Chrysurus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

chrysurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25071290

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

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

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