Gold-and-white marmoset

Gold-and-white marmoset[1][2]
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[3]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Mico
Species:	M. chrysoleuca
Binomial name
Mico chrysoleuca (Wagner, 1842)
Gold-and-white Marmoset range
Synonyms
melanoleucus Miranda Ribeiro, 1955 sericeus Gray, 1868

The gold-and-white marmoset (Mico chrysoleuca) is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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. & Silva Jr., J. S. (2008). Mico chrysoleucus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2 January 2009.