MARMOSETS

The marmoset family, Callitrichidae, includes four genera, at least fifty-one species, and twenty subspecies.

AMAZONIAN MARMOSETS

Genus: Mico

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Mico humeralifer

CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED

The black and white tassel-ear marmoset, also known as the Santarém marmoset or tassel-eared marmoset, is endemic to the secondary Amazonian lowland rainforest area at the junction of the states of Pará and Amazonas, in Brazil. This area is delimited by two rivers: Rio Maués in the West and Rio Tapajós in the East….

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Mico melanurus

CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED

First described in 1812, black-tailed marmosets are native to the South American countries of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, east of the Rio Aripuana. They live in a wide array of biomes, including the deciduous forests of eastern Bolivia, the Pantanal wetlands, the dry forests of Paraguay, the Amazon rainforest, and the…

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Mico emiliae

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN

Emilia’s marmosets, also called Snethlage’s marmosets, are endemic to the Brazilian states of Para and Mato Grosso in the Amazon basin, living near river banks, inland forests, and Atlantic coastal forests. Their home territory is about 24 to 98 acres (10 to 40 hectares). They can live near human communities, suggesting that they are….

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Mico argentatus

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN

Silvery marmosets inhabit lowland forests (under 650 feet or 200 meters above sea level) in the Amazon Basin. The Amazon River bounds their distribution to the north, the Tapajos River to the west, and the Toncantins River to the east. Human infrastructure and agriculture have further fragmented the marmosets’ native…

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ATLANTIC MARMOSETS

Genus: Callithrix

Callithrix penicillata

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN

The black-tufted marmoset, sometimes called the black-pencilled marmoset and known as Mico-estrela in Portuguese, inhabits numerous areas throughout Brazil. Marmosets are typically resilient creatures who have the ability to thrive in many habitats, including busy cities like Rio de Janeiro, where black-tufted…

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Callithrix flaviceps

CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Native to Brazil, the rare buffy-headed marmoset occurs in the Serra da Mantiqueira (Mantiqueira Mountain range) south of the Rio Doce in southern Espírito Santo, its range here reaching the state boundary of Rio de Janeiro. Other southeastern populations have been reported in the municipality

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Callithrix aurita

CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED

The buffy-tufted-ear marmoset, also called the white-eared marmoset, is endemic to the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro of southeastern Brazil, within their montane rainforests of the inland plateau, at chilly dry-season altitudes of up to 4,265 feet (1,300 m). Multiple studies from 1982 to 1998 were carried out to better..

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Callithrix jacchus

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN

Common marmosets, also known as white-tufted-ear marmosets, are New World monkeys native to Brazil. Once found only in Atlantic coastal forests in the northeastern region of the country, years of habitat destruction have forced them to seek new places to live. Habitat loss, coupled with the release of captive…

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Callithrix kuhlii

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE

Wied’s marmoset, also known as the Wied’s black-tufted ear marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in the coastal regions of Southwest Brazil. Wied’s marmosets are adaptable monkeys and can live in a variety of forest types, but they prefer tropical and subtropical forests. They occur in lowland and sub-montane…

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Callithrix geoffroyi

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN

The white-headed marmoset is also known as the tufted-ear marmoset and Geoffroy’s marmoset, or Geoffroy’s tufted-ear marmoset. The species is endemic to Brazil, where they are known as the sagüi or sauim. They are present in the state of Espirito Santa and in the forested eastern and northeastern regions of Minas…

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GOELDI'S MARMOSETS

Genus: Callimico

Callimico goeldii

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE

The Goeldi’s monkey, also known as the Goeldi’s marmoset, the Goeldi’s tamarin, or callimico, is a member of the Callitrichidae family. Endemic to South America, this evasive and shy “mystery monkey” is dispersed throughout the upper Amazonian rainforests in localized, but fragmented groups. Suspected population decline and…

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PYGMY MARMOSETS

Genus: Cebuella

Cebuella pygmaea

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE

Pygmy marmosets are widely distributed throughout the Amazon forest, spanning from Rio Caquetá in Colombia, Rio Madeira in Brazil, to Río Mayo and the Río Huallaga in Peru. They can reliably be found in extensive rainforests along the tributaries of the Amazon river and are capable of thriving in different forest…

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