Moustached tamarin
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| Moustached Tamarins at the Bronx Zoo, New York City. | |
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| Species: | S. mystax
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| Saguinus mystax (Spix, 1803)
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The moustached tamarin or Spix's moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax) is a tamarin found in tropical forests in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It is black with a white moustache, white nose, and brownish back. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, tree gum and insects.
There are two subspecies of the moustached tamarin:
- Spix's moustached tamarin, Saguinus mystax mystax
- White-rumped moustached tamarin, Saguinus mystax pluto
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 135. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Rylands, A. B.; Mittermeier, R. A. (2008). "Saguinus mystax". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T41526A10490287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41526A10490287.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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- Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
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External links
Media related to Saguinus mystax at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Moustached Tamarin at Wikispecies
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