Mico chrysoleucos

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Golden-white Tassel-ear Marmoset

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1842. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Säugthiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1):356-362.

Original name as described

Hapale chrysoleucos

Other common names

Gold-and-white Marmoset · Golden-and-white Tassel-ear Marmoset

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39099, BMNH (no number given), NMW (no numbers given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Brazil, Borba, lower Rio Madeira, Amazonas.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

moved from Callithrix to Mico

Taxonomy notes citation

Rylands, A. B., & Mittermeier, R. A. (2009). The diversity of the New World primates (Platyrrhini): an annotated taxonomy. In South American Primates (pp. 23-54). Springer, New York, NY.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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