Spix's Black-mantled Tamarin

Leontocebus nigricollis nigricollis

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Callitrichidae

The black-mantled tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis, is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador. There are 3 subspecies: Spix's black mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis nigricollis Graells's tamarin or Graells' black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi Hernandez-Camacho's black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis hernandezi Graells's tamarin was previously considered to be a separate species. Predation Predators of black-mantled tamarins include barred forest…

Distribution

Spix's Black-mantled Tamarin — (c) Diego Lizcano, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Diego Lizcano · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 9

Sources and credits

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Spix's Black-mantled Tamarin

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