White-headed marmoset
Species of New World monkey
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The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina.[2] It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.[3] Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.[4] It is a host of Pachysentis lenti an acanthocephalan intestinal parasite.[5]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Callithrix |
| Species: | C. geoffroyi |
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| Callithrix geoffroyi (Humboldt, 1812) | |
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