Andean saddle-back tamarin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Leontocebus |
Species: | L. leucogenys
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Binomial name | |
Leontocebus leucogenys (
J. E. Gray, 1866)
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Range of the Andean Saddle-back Tamarin |
The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. The Andean saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. [2] [3] It is closely related to Illiger's saddle-back tamarin. [3] It is endemic to Peru and its type locality is in the Department of Huanuco, Peru. [2] [3]
The Andean saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 205 millimetres (8.1 in) and 230 millimetres (9.1 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 330 millimetres (13 in) long. [3] It weighs between 350 grams (12 oz) and 400 grams (14 oz). [3]
The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint. [1]