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iSantarem Marmoset
Conservation status
Image:Status iucn3.1 LC.svg Least Concern (LC) </div>
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cebidae Genus: Callithrix Subgenus: Mico Species: C. humeralifera
Binomial name
Callithrix humeralifera (É. Geoffroy, 1812)

Santarem Marmoset or Tassel-ear Marmoset, Callithrix humeralifera, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is found in a very restricted area between the Rio Tapajos and lower Rio Madeira and Rio Roosevelt.

It lives in groups of 5 to 15 individuals, feeding and are omnivorous animals. They live, mainly, in areas with dense viny vegetation.

[edit] References

• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 131. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
• Neotropical Rainforest Mammals (1997), Louise Emmons and Francois Feer