Saguinus midas Linnaeus 1758 (red-handed tamarin)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Alternative combinations: Leontopithecus midas, Simia midas

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Saguinus according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Linnaeus 1758, Pucciarelli and Neves 1992 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Saguinus bicolor, Saguinus geoffroyi, Saguinus graellsi, Saguinus imperator, Saguinus inustus, Saguinus labiatus, Saguinus leucopus, Saguinus martinsi, Saguinus melanoleucus, Saguinus mystax, Saguinus niger, Saguinus ursulus, Leontocebus leucogenys, Leontocebus fuscicollis, Leontocebus illigeri, Leontocebus fuscus, Leontocebus cruzlimai, Leontocebus weddelli, Leontocebus nigrifrons, Leontocebus tripartitus, Leontocebus nigricollis, Leontocebus geoffroyi, Leontocebus lagonotus

Distribution: found only at Manaus (Quaternary of Brazil)

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