Callithrix geoffroyi

(Humboldt, 1812)

Vernacular names
English : Geoffroy’s tufted-ear marmoset
French : Ouistiti de Geoffroy

Classification
Class : Mammalia
Order : Primata
Family : Callitrichidae (now sometimes Cebidae)
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Body length of 23 cm, tail length of 29 cm and a weight of 350 g, females being much lighter. Face entirely white with dark pink to black bare skin. Rest of head and breast black. Body grayish-silvery and beige. Ringed tail.

Range and habitat
This species is endemic to eastern Brazil and found near Atlantic coast in Espirito Santo and North to North-East Minas Gerais. Lives in secondary and semi-deciduous forest with dense understory.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species has a fragmented range because of intense destruction of Atlantic forest. Occurs in protected areas where locally abundant.
Ex-Situ Programs : SSP in America, EEP in Europe

Observation

 

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