Mico nigriceps

(Ferrari & M. A. Lopes, 1992)

Black-headed 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

Ferrari, S.F. and Lopes, M.A. 1992. A new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates), from western Brazilian Amazônia. Goeldiana Zoologia 12:1-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53475176

Original name as described

Callithrix nigriceps

Type material

MPEG 21998

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lago dos Reis (= Lago Paraiso, 7° 31' S, 62° 52' W), 17 km east of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil, on the Trans-Amazonian Highway BR-230 (right, or east, bank of the Rio Madeira).

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000803

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.

Callithrix nigriceps

(Ferrari & M. A. Lopes, 1992)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

nigriceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MPEG 21998

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53475176

Authority publication

Goeldiana Zoologia

Name usages

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

Mico nigriceps

Rylands, Coimbra-Filho, & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

nigriceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Rylands, Coimbra-Filho & Mittermeier (2009:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5046)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39913/17934547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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