White-headed marmoset

White-headed marmoset
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Callithrix
Species:	C. geoffroyi
Binomial name
	Callithrix geoffroyi; (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)
	White-headed marmoset range
Synonyms
	C. albifrons Thunberg, 1819; C. leucocephalus Humboldt, 1812; C. leucogenys Gray, 1870; C. maximiliani Reichenbach, 1862; C. melanotis Lesson, 1840;

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina.^[2] It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.^[3] Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.^[4]

References[]

^ 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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b de Melo, F.R.; Pereira, D.G.; Kierulff, M.C.M.; Bicca-Marques, J.C.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2021). "Callithrix geoffroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T3572A191701212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T3572A191701212.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Callithrix geoffroyi - White-headed marmoset". Infonatura. NatureServe. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ Caine, N. G.; Mundy, N. I. (2000). "Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) dependent on food colour". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 267 (1442): 439–444. doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.1019. PMC 1690559. PMID 10737399.

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[msw3-1] 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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Melo, F.R.; Pereira, D.G.; Kierulff, M.C.M.; Bicca-Marques, J.C.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2021). "Callithrix geoffroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T3572A191701212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T3572A191701212.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[3] "Callithrix geoffroyi - White-headed marmoset". Infonatura. NatureServe. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

[4] Caine, N. G.; Mundy, N. I. (2000). "Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) dependent on food colour". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 267 (1442): 439–444. doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.1019. PMC 1690559. PMID 10737399.

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v t Extant species of family Callitrichidae
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini
Callithrix (Atlantic marmosets)	Black-tufted marmoset (C. penicillata) Buffy-headed marmoset (C. flaviceps) Buffy-tufted marmoset (C. aurita) Common marmoset (C. jacchus) White-headed marmoset (C. geoffroyi) Wied's marmoset (C. kuhlii)
Mico (Amazonian marmosets)	Rio Acari marmoset (M. acariensis) Manicore marmoset (M. manicorensis) Silvery marmoset (M. argentata) White marmoset (M. leucippe) Emilia's marmoset (M. emiliae) Black-headed marmoset (M. nigriceps) Marca's marmoset (M. marcai) Schneider's marmoset (Mico schneideri) Black-tailed marmoset (M. melanura) Santarem marmoset (M. humeralifera) Maués marmoset (M. mauesi) Munduruku marmoset ‎ (M. munduruku) Gold-and-white marmoset (M. chrysoleuca) Hershkovitz's marmoset (M. intermedia) Satéré marmoset (M. saterei) Rondon's marmoset (M. rondoni) Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (M. humilis)
Cebuella	Eastern pygmy marmoset (C. niveiventris) Western pygmy marmoset (C. pygmaea)
Leontopithecus (lion tamarins)	Black lion tamarin (L. chrysopygus) Golden lion tamarin (L. rosalia) Golden-headed lion tamarin (L. chrysomelas) Superagui lion tamarin (L. caissara)
Leontocebus (saddle-back tamarins)	Andean saddle-back tamarin (L. leucogenys) Black-mantled tamarin (L. nigricollis) Brown-mantled tamarin (L. fuscicollis) Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (L. cruzlimai) Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (L. nigrifrons) Golden-mantled tamarin (S. tripartitus) Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (L. illigeri) Lesson's saddle-back tamarin (L. fuscus) Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (L. lagonotus) Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (L. weddelli)
Saguinus (tamarins)	Moustached tamarin (S. mystax) White-lipped tamarin (S. labiatus) Emperor tamarin (S. imperator) Mottle-faced tamarin (S. inustus) Golden-handed tamarin (S. midas) Black tamarin (S. niger) Eastern black-handed tamarin (S. ursula) Pied tamarin (S. bicolor) Martins's tamarin (S. martinsi) Cotton-top tamarin (S. oedipus) Geoffroy's tamarin (S. geoffroyi) White-footed tamarin (S. leucopus)
Callimico	Goeldi's marmoset (C. goeldii)
Category

White-headed marmoset^[1]


Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Callithrix
Species:	C. geoffroyi
Binomial name
*Callithrix geoffroyi* (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)

White-headed marmoset range
Synonyms
C. albifrons Thunberg, 1819 C. leucocephalus Humboldt, 1812 C. leucogenys Gray, 1870 C. maximiliani Reichenbach, 1862 C. melanotis Lesson, 1840