Leontopithecus rosalia

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Golden 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

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946237

Original name as described

Simia rosalia

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil. Restricted by A. P. M. Wied-Neuwied in 1826 to the coast between 22° S and 23° S, from the Cabo de São Tomé to the municipality of Mangaratiba, and further restricted by C. Carvalho in 1965 to the right bank of the Rio São João, Rio de Janeiro State.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000790

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 rosalia

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

rosalia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946237

Authority publication

Stockholm

Leontopithecus marikina

Lesson, 1840

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

marikina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358391

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Callithrix Rosalia

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

rosalia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872857

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Sagouin rosalia

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

rosalia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033397

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Hapale Rosalia

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

rosalia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Midas rosalia

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

rosalia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207532

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Leontopithecus rosalia

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

rosalia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11506/192327291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

guyannensis

Groves, 2005

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

guyannensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia Roralia

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1818)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

roralia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pl. 82 (text p. 4)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43943139

Authority publication

Paris

Jacchus Rosalia Brasiliensis

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Jacchus Rosalia Guyanensis

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

guyanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Leontopithecus aurora

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

aurora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602712

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

Leontocebus leoninus

(Pocock, 1914)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

leoninus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

898

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

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