Mico mauesi

(Mittermeier, M. Schwarz, & J. M. Ayres, 1992)

Maués 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

Mittermeier, R.A., Schwarz, M. and Ayres, J.M. 1992. A new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates) from the Rio Maués Region, State of Amazonas, central Brazilian Amazonia. Goeldiana Zoologia 14:1-17.

Original name as described

Callithrix mauesi

Type material

MPEG 22177

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil, west bank of the Rio Maués-Açú, opposite the town of Maués, S of the Rio Amazonas, between the rios Madeira and Tapajós, Amazonas State (03° 23' S, 57° 46' W).

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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