Martins's tamarin
Species of New World monkey
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Martins's tamarin (Saguinus martinsi) or Martin's ochraceous bare-face tamarin, is a species of tamarin endemic to Brazil.
| Martins's tamarin[1][2] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Saguinus |
| Species: | S. martinsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Saguinus martinsi (Thomas, 1912) | |
| Subspecies | |
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S. m. martinsi Thomas, 1912 S. m. ochraceus Hershkovitz, 1966 | |
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| Range of the Martins's Bare-faced Tamarin | |
Taxonomy
Martin's tamarin is a monkey in the genus Saguinus. It has two subspecies: S. m. martinsi and S. m. ochraceus.[3] Both subspecies were formerly considered to be subspecies of the pied tamarin: Saguinus bicolor martinsi and S. b. ochraceus.[1] Subspecies martinsi is commonly known as Martin's bare-face tamarin; subspecies ochraceus is commonly known as the ochraceous bare-faced tamarin.
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