Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin
Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus cruzlimai) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. It lives in Brazil in the area near the Inauini River. Its fur is mostly reddish orange, with a black tail and white eyebrows. The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.
| Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin | |
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| Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin on middle right (crown and cheeks orangish-brown, not black) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Leontocebus |
| Species: | L. cruzlimai |
| Binomial name | |
| Leontocebus cruzlimai (Hershkovitz, 1966) | |
| The approximate range of the Cruz Lima's Saddle-back Tamarin | |
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