White-headed marmoset

White-headed marmoset[1][2]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[3]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Callithrix
Species:	C. geoffroyi
Binomial name
Callithrix geoffroyi (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)
White-headed Marmoset range
Synonyms
albifrons Thunberg, 1819 leucocephalus Humboldt, 1812 leucogenys Gray, 1870 maximiliani Reichenbach, 1862 melanotis Lesson, 1840

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.^[4]

One of the more common callitrichids in captivity, many zoos keep and breed the species. In fact, some zoos have to use methods of stopping their animals' breeding.

References

1. 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. 130. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
2. Rylands AB and Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB. South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
3. Rylands, A. B. & Mendes, S. L. (2008). Callithrix geoffroyi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
4. "Callithrix geoffroyi - White-headed Marmoset". Infonatura. NatureServe. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

External links

• Images and movies of Geoffroy's marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) at ARKive