Black-mantled tamarin
Species of New World monkey
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The black-mantled tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis, is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador.[4][5]
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| Black-mantled tamarin[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Leontocebus |
| Species: | L. nigricollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leontocebus nigricollis (Spix, 1823) | |
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| Range of the Black-mantled Tamarin | |
- Spix's black mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis nigricollis
- Graells's tamarin or Graells' black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi
- Hernandez-Camacho's black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis hernandezi
Graells's tamarin was previously considered to be a separate species.[6][7][8]
Predation
Predators of black-mantled tamarins include barred forest falcons.[9]
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