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Moustached Tamarin

Saguinus mystax

Classification

The moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax) is a New World monkey and a species of tamarin. The moustached tamarin is named for the lack of coloring in the facial hair surrounding their mouth, appearing similar to a moustache. As with most New World monkeys, the moustached tamarin is found only in areas of South America.

Distribution

(c) Stephen D. Nash in Lopes et al. (2023), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 27Peru