Mottle-faced tamarin
Mottle-faced tamarin | |
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Adult and young near Mitú, Colombia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Saguinus |
Species: | S. inustus
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Binomial name | |
Saguinus inustus (Schwartz, 1951)
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Range of the Mottled-face Tamarin |
The mottle-faced tamarin (Saguinus inustus) is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.
Interaction With Humans
Mottle-faced tamarins are not hunted by locals, due to their "small size" and instead some are even kept as pets.