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Superagui Lion Tamarin

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iSuperagui Lion Tamarin<ref name=MSW3>Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 133. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.</ref>
Conservation status
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Critically endangered (CR)<ref name=IUCN>Rylands, A.B., Bampi, M.I., Chiarello, A.G., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Mendes, S.L. & Marcelino, M. (2003). Leontopithecus caissara. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered</ref>

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Subfamily: Callitrichinae
Genus: Leontopithecus
Species: L. caissara
Binomial name
Leontopithecus caissara
(Lorini & Persson, 1990)

The Superagui Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara) is a small New World primate of the Cebidae family. It is an endemic brazilian lion tamarin, found in a small area in the Brazilian coast, called Superagui.

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