Callithrix

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Callitrichidae
Callithrix[1][2]
Common marmoset
(Callithrix jacchus)
CITES Appendix I
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Callithrix
Erxleben, 1777
Type species
Simia jacchus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

6; see text

Synonyms
  • Anthopithecus F. Cuvier, 1829
  • Arctopithecus G. Cuvier, 1819
  • Hapale Illiger, 1811
  • Hapales F. Cuvier, 1829
  • Harpale Gray, 1821
  • Iacchus Spix, 1823
  • Jacchus É. Geoffroy, 1812
  • Midas É. Geoffroy, 1828
  • Ouistitis Burnett, 1826
  • Sagoin Desmarest, 1804
  • Sagoinus Kerr, 1792
  • Sagouin Lacépède, 1799
  • Saguin Fischer, 1803

Callithrix is a genus of New World monkeys of the family Callitrichidae, the family containing marmosets and tamarins. The genus contains the Atlantic Forest marmosets. The name Callithrix is derived from the Greek words kallos, meaning beautiful, and thrix, meaning hair.

Species

The genera Mico and Callibella were formerly considered a subgenus of the genus Callithrix.[2][3] Callithrix differs from Mico in dental morphology and geographic distribution; Callithrix species are distributed near the Atlantic coast of Brazil, while Mico species are distributed further inland.[4] Callithrix differs from Callibella in these features, as well as in size, with Callithrix species being significantly larger.[4] Callithrix species differ from the tamarins of the genus Saguinus in that Callithrix has enlarged mandibular incisor teeth the same size as the canine teeth, which are used for gouging holes in trees to extract exudates.[5]

Some authorities, including Rosenberger (1981), believe that the pygmy marmoset, genus Cebuella, should be included within Callithrix on the basis of genetic studies, although Cebuella is significantly smaller than Callithrix.[2][4]

In general, Callithrix and Mico species tend to form larger groups and live within smaller home ranges, thus live in higher population densities, than other callitrichids, but these statistics can vary dramatically among various Callithrix species. C. jacchus and C. pencillata typically have home territories less than 10 hectares, while other Callithrix species tend to have larger home territories.[4]

The genus includes these species:

Genus Callithrix – Erxleben, 1777 – six species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Common marmoset

Callithrix jacchus
(Linnaeus, 1758)		 Brazil, in the states of Piaui, Paraiba, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia.
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Black-tufted marmoset

Callithrix penicillata
(É. Geoffroy, 1812)		 Brazil from Bahia to Paraná
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Wied's marmoset

Callithrix kuhlii
Coimbra-Filho, 1985		 eastern Brazil
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  VU 


White-headed marmoset

Callithrix geoffroyi
(Humboldt, 1812)		 eastern Brazil
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat: ,

Diet:		  LC 


Buffy-headed marmoset

Callithrix flaviceps
(Thomas, 1903)		 Brazil from southern Espírito Santo and possibly northern Rio de Janeiro and its distribution extends into Minas Gerais
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  CR 


Buffy-tufted marmoset

Callithrix aurita
(É. Geoffroy, 1812)		 southeast Brazil
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  EN 



Ecology

Breeding

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