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Callithrix aurita

(Buffy-Tufted-Ear Marmoset)

Overview

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Endangered

Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Buffy-Eared Marmoset, Buffy-Tufted-Ear Marmoset, White-Eared Marmoset

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: Occurs in Atlantic Forest .[1]


List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Callithrix aurita /i> (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 30-Jul-2002

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Callithrix

There are approximately 43 species in this genus:

C. acariensis · C. albicollis · C. argentata (Black-Tailed Marmoset) · C. argentata argentata (Black-Tailed Marmoset) · C. argentata emiliae (Silvery Marmoset) · C. argentata leucippe · C. argentata marcai · C. argentata melanura · C. aurita (Buffy-Tufted-Ear Marmoset) · C. boliviensis · C. brunea · C. caligata · C. chrysoleuca · C. chrysoleucus · C. cinerascens · C. cuprea · C. donacophilus · C. flaviceps (Buffy-Headed Marmoset) · C. geoffroyi (Geoffroy's Tufted-Eared Marmoset) · C. gigot · C. humeralifer · C. humeralifera (Black and White Tassel-Ear Marmoset) · C. humeralifer chrysoleuca · C. humeralifer humeralifer · C. humilis · C. infulatus · C. jacchus (White-Tufted-Ear Marmoset) · C. jacchus aurita · C. jacchus flaviceps · C. jacchus geoffroyi · C. jacchus jacchus (White Ear-Tufted Marmoset) · C. jacchus penicillata · C. kuhlii (Weid's Black-Tufted-Ear Marmoset) · C. leucocephala · C. manicorensis · C. mauesi · C. nigriceps · C. nigrifrons · C. penicillata (Black-Pencilled Marmoset) · C. penicillata jordani · C. pygmaea (Pygmy Marmoset) · C. pygmaea pygmaea · C. saterei

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Rylands, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-04-24