Saguinus niger

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Western Black-handed Tamarin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Sagouin niger

Other common names

Black Tamarin

Type material

AMNH M-96500

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-96500

Type locality

Cayenne [French Guiana]. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1977 to Belém, Pará State, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. ursula

Taxonomy notes citation

Gregorin, R. and Vivo, M. de. 2013. Revalidation of Saguinus ursula Hoffmannsegg (Primates: Cebidae: Callitrichinae). Zootaxa 3721(2):172-182. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3721.2.4 · Lopes, G.P., Röhe, F., Bertuol, F., Polo, É., Valsecchi, J., Santos, T.C.M., Silva, F.E., Lima, I.J., Sampaio, R., Silva, M.N.F. da, Silva, C.R., Boubli, J.P., Costa-Araújo, R., de Thoisy, B., Ruiz-García, M., Gordo, M., Sampaio, I., Farias, I.P. and Hrbek, T. 2023. Molecular systematics of tamarins with emphasis on genus Tamarinus (Primates, Callitrichidae). Zoologica Scripta 52:556-570. doi:10.1111/zsc.12617

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000821

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.

Sagouin niger

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-96500

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-96500

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

Callithrix gracilis

(G. Fischer, 1813)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

525

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109636

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1813:525, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Mystax ursulus umbratus

(O. Thomas, 1922)

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

umbratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.4.28.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6cdb366a-1239-40d4-afbb-01b8b6f8f1b6 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9d8c8d1b-f77b-4bf2-8d3e-62bc12723bdd

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301058

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Saguinus niger

Rylands, H. Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves, & Rodríguez-Luna, 2000

Family

Callitrichidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Neotropical Primates

Name usages

  1. Rylands, Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves & Rodríguez-Luna (2000:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71834)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Rylands, Heymann, Lynch Alfaro, Buckner, Roos, Matauschek, Boubli, Sampaio & Mittermeier (2016:1023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/28503)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Lopes, Röhe, Bertuol, Polo, Valsecchi, Santos, Silva, Lima, Sampaio, Silva, Silva, Boubli, Costa-Araújo, de Thoisy, Ruiz-García, Gordo, Sampaio, Farias & Hrbek (2023:@supplement) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67248)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/160901052/192553958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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