Weddell's saddle-back tamarin

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Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
Saguinus fuscicoliis weddelli.jpg
Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
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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)

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]

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]

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References

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