Mura's saddleback tamarin
Mura's saddleback 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. fuscicollis |
Subspecies: | L. f. mura |
Trinomial name | |
Leontocebus fuscicollis mura Röhe, Silva Jr., Sampaio & Rylands, 2009 |
Mura's saddleback tamarin (Leontocebus fuscicollis mura) is a subspecies of monkey that was first seen by scientists in 2007 in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.[1] The monkey, which is mostly gray and brown, weighs 213 grams (7.5 oz), is 240 millimetres (9.4 in) tall, and has a 320 millimetres (13 in) tail.[2]
According to the discoverers of this new subspecies, Mura's saddleback tamarin is threatened by several planned development projects in the region, including a proposed gas pipeline, two hydroelectric dams currently in the beginning stages of construction, and, most notably, a major highway cutting through the Amazon that is currently being paved. Conservationists fear the highway could fuel wider deforestation in the Amazon over the next two decades.[3]
References
- ^ Rylands, Anthony B.; et al. (2016). "Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 1–26. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ New monkey discovered in Brazilian Amazon, Reuters, July 7, 2009
- ^ "New monkey discovered in Brazil". Retrieved 2017-03-08.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Suborder: Haplorhini
(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)
(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)
- Eastern pygmy marmoset (C. niveiventris)
- Western pygmy marmoset (C. pygmaea)
(lion tamarins)
- Black lion tamarin (L. chrysopygus)
- Golden lion tamarin (L. rosalia)
- Golden-headed lion tamarin (L. chrysomelas)
- Superagui lion tamarin (L. caissara)
(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)
(tamarins)
Subgenus Saguinus: |
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Subgenus Tamarinus: |
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- Goeldi's marmoset (C. goeldii)
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