Weddell's saddle-back tamarin

Species of New World monkey

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Leontocebus
Species:
L. weddelli
Binomial name
Leontocebus weddelli
(Deville, 1849)
Range of the Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus weddelli) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Weddell's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.[2][1] It lives in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, with the type locality being in Bolivia.[2][1]

There are 3 subspecies:[2][1]

  • Leontocebus weddelli weddelli
  • Crandall's saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli crandalli)
  • White-mantled tamarin or White saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli melanoleucus)

Males have a head and body length of about 190.0 millimetres (7.48 in) and females have a head and body length of about 196.6 millimetres (7.74 in).[1] The tail is between 250 millimetres (9.8 in) and 300 millimetres (12 in) long.[1] Males weigh about 359 grams (12.7 oz) and females weight about 357 grams (12.6 oz).[1]

Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals.[1] It lives in various types of groups, including single-adult male, single adult female groups, multi-male, multi-female groups, single-male, multi-female groups and single female, multi male groups.[1] Females sometimes remain in their natal group.[1] It associates with the emperor tamarin, the red-bellied tamarin and Goeldi's marmoset.[1]

The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Porter, Leila M.; Dacier, Anand (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 340–342. ISBN 9781940496061.
  2. ^ a b c Rylands, Anthony B.; Eckhard W. Heymann; Jessica Lynch Alfaro; Janet C. Buckner; Christian Roos; Christian Matauschek; Jean P. Boubli; Ricardo Sampaio; Russell A. Mittermeier (2016). "Taxonomic Review of the New World Tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 1003–1028. doi:10.1111/zoj.12386. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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Extant species of family Callitrichidae
Callithrix
(Atlantic marmosets)
  • Black-tufted marmoset (C. penicillata)
  • Buffy-headed marmoset (C. flaviceps)
  • Buffy-tufted marmoset (C. aurita)
  • Common marmoset (C. jacchus)
  • White-headed marmoset (C. geoffroyi)
  • Wied's marmoset (C. kuhlii)
Mico
(Amazonian marmosets)
  • Rio Acari marmoset (M. acariensis)
  • Silvery marmoset (M. argentatus)
  • White marmoset (M. leucippe)
  • Emilia's marmoset (M. emiliae)
  • Black-headed marmoset (M. nigriceps)
  • Marca's marmoset (M. marcai)
  • Schneider's marmoset (M. schneideri)
  • Black-tailed marmoset (M. melanurus)
  • Santarem marmoset (M. humeralifer)
  • Maués marmoset (M. mauesi)
  • Munduruku marmoset (M. munduruku)
  • Gold-and-white marmoset (M. chrysoleucos)
  • Hershkovitz's marmoset (M. intermedia)
  • Satéré marmoset (M. saterei)
  • Rondon's marmoset (M. rondoni)
  • Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (M. humilis)
Cebuella
  • Eastern pygmy marmoset (C. niveiventris)
  • Western pygmy marmoset (C. pygmaea)
Leontopithecus
(lion tamarins)
  • Black lion tamarin (L. chrysopygus)
  • Golden lion tamarin (L. rosalia)
  • Golden-headed lion tamarin (L. chrysomelas)
  • Superagui lion tamarin (L. caissara)
Leontocebus
(saddle-back tamarins)
  • Andean saddle-back tamarin (L. leucogenys)
  • Black-mantled tamarin (L. nigricollis)
  • Brown-mantled tamarin (L. fuscicollis)
  • Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (L. cruzlimai)
  • Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (L. nigrifrons)
  • Golden-mantled tamarin (S. tripartitus)
  • Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (L. illigeri)
  • Lesson's saddle-back tamarin (L. fuscus)
  • Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (L. lagonotus)
  • Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (L. weddelli)
Saguinus
(tamarins)
Subgenus Saguinus:
  • Golden-handed tamarin (S. midas)
  • Black tamarin (S. niger)
  • Eastern black-handed tamarin (S. ursula)
  • Pied tamarin (S. bicolor)
  • Martins's tamarin (S. martinsi)
  • Cotton-top tamarin (S. oedipus)
  • Geoffroy's tamarin (S. geoffroyi)
  • White-footed tamarin (S. leucopus)
Subgenus Tamarinus:
  • Moustached tamarin (S. mystax)
  • White-lipped tamarin (S. labiatus)
  • Emperor tamarin (S. imperator)
  • Mottle-faced tamarin (S. inustus)
Callimico
  • Goeldi's marmoset (C. goeldii)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Leontocebus weddelli
Midas weddelli