Mico leucippe
O. Thomas, 1922
Golden-white Bare-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
Thomas, O. 1922-02-01. On the systematic arrangement of the marmosets. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9(50):196-199.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689938Original name as described
Mico leucippe
Other common names
White Marmoset · Golden-and-white Bare-ear Marmoset
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1909.3.9.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/26ee5430-d5aa-4e66-be22-7c14de5e2dbd https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d62e4abc-d787-4ae2-8c4f-00edf43b9ee6Type locality
Brazil, Pimental, below mouth of Rio Jamanxim, right bank of Rio Tapajós.
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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