Moustached tamarin

Moustached tamarin[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Saguinus
Species:
S. mystax
Binomial name
Saguinus mystax
(Spix, 1823)
Range of the Mustached Tamarin

The moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax) is a New World monkey and a species of tamarin. The moustached tamarin is named for the lack of coloring in the facial hair surrounding their mouth, appearing similar to a moustache. As with all New World monkeys, the moustached tamarin is found only in areas of Central and South America.

  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. 135. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Heymann, E.W.; Ravetta, A.L.; Röhe, F.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Rylands, A.B. (2021). "Saguinus mystax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41526A192552706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41526A192552706.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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