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Tamarin Species – Classification | Taxonomy | Factsheets

Posted on July 11, 2020March 4, 2022
(Last Updated On: March 4, 2022)

Tamarin species has more than 30 species, with distinguished traits, lifestyle, as well as many interesting and notable facts for the researchers. In this article, we are going to tell you about different Tamarin species and their genetic assessment.

Tamarin species

The primary classification of Saguinus tamarins contained ten totally different species, additional divided into 33 morphotypes based mostly on facial pelage.

A later classification into two clades was based mostly on variations in dental measurements.

The newest classification postulates fifteen species with no subspecies.

A genetic assessment in 2016 revealed that the oldest species teams first started diverging 11–eight million years in the past (significantly sooner than the divergence between Callithrix, Cebuella, and Mico), main the authors to maneuver the saddle-back tamarins to a separate genus, Leontocebus.

Different authors argued that the mystax group of tamarins is distinct sufficient to be categorized within the subgenus Tamarinus.

Tamarin species Classification

  • Genus Saguinus
    • S. midas group
      • Red-handed tamarin, Saguinus midas
      • Black tamarin, Saguinus niger
      • Saguinus ursula[12]
    • S. mystax group
      • Moustached tamarin, Saguinus mystax
        • Spix’s mustached tamarin, Saguinus mystax mystax
        • White-rump mustached tamarin, Saguinus mystax pluto
      • Red-capped tamarin, Saguinus pileatus
      • White-lipped tamarin, Saguinus labiatus
      • Emperor tamarin, Saguinus imperator
    • S. bicolor group
      • Pied tamarin, Saguinus bicolor
      • Martins’s tamarin, Saguinus martinsi
        • Martin’s bare-faced tamarin, Saguinus martinsi martinsi
        • Ochraceus bare-faced tamarin, Saguinus martinsi ochraceus
    • S. oedipus group
      • Cotton-top tamarin or Pinché tamarin, Saguinus oedipus
      • Geoffroy’s tamarin, Saguinus geoffroyi
      • White-footed tamarin, Saguinus leucopus
    • S. inustus group
      • Mottle-faced tamarin, Saguinus inustus

tamarin species

Taxonomy

Suborder Haplorrhini
Infraorder Simiiformes
Family Cebidae
Subfamily Callitrichinae
Genus Saguinus
Species Saguinus bicolor  (pied tamarin)
Saguinus fuscicollis  (saddleback tamarin)
Saguinus geoffroyi  (rufous-naped tamarin)
Saguinus graellsi  (Graells’ tamarin)
Saguinus imperator  (emperor tamarin)
Saguinus inustus  (mottle-faced tamarin)
Saguinus labiatus  (red-chested tamarin)
Saguinus leucopus  (white-footed tamarin)
Saguinus martinsi  (Martin’s tamarin)
Saguinus melanoleucus  (white-mantled tamarin)
Saguinus midas  (midas tamarin)
Saguinus mystax  (moustached tamarin)
Saguinus niger  (black tamarin)
Saguinus nigricollis  (black-mantle tamarin)
PIN Factsheet Saguinus oedipus  (cotton-top tamarin)
Saguinus pileatus  (red-capped tamarin)
Saguinus tripartitus  (golden-mantled tamarin)

Countries where Tamarin species are found

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname

Factsheets about Tamarin species

Saguinus bicolor

  • Damisela (in Spanish)
  • World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Saguinus fuscicollis

  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Apus (in Russian)
  • Biogeo (in French)
  • Damisela (in Spanish)
  • Rainforest Conservation Fund

Saguinus geoffroyi

  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Apus (in Russian)
  • Damisela (in Spanish)
  • Katherine Milton

Saguinus imperator

  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Apus (in Russian)
  • BBC online Nature Wild Animals Wild Facts
  • Damisela (in Spanish)
  • World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Saguinus inustus

  • Damisela (in Spanish)

Saguinus labiatus

  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Apus (in Russian)
  • BBC online Nature Wild Animals Wild Facts
  • Damisela (in Spanish)

Saguinus leucopus

  • Animal Info

Saguinus midas

  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Brandywine Zoo
  • Damisela (in Spanish)
  • Oregon Zoo
  • The Big Zoo

Saguinus mystax

  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Apus (in Russian)
  • Damisela (in Spanish)
  • Saude Animal (in Portuguese)

Saguinus nigricollis

  • Apus (in Russian)
  • Damisela (in Spanish)

Saguinus oedipus

  • Animal Diversity Web
  • Animal Info
  • Apus (in Russian)
  • Brandywine Zoo
  • Brevard Zoo
  • Glasgow Zoopark
  • Hogle Zoo
  • Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Minnesota Zoo
  • NOVA online
  • Parco Zoo Punta Verde
  • Perth Zoo
  • Saude Animal (in Portuguese)
  • Wellington Zoo
  • World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Saguinus oedipus oedipus

  • Central Florida Zoo

Saguinus tripartitus

  • Damisela (in Spanish)

 

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