Leontocebus leucogenys Gray 1865 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Alternative combination: Midas leucogenys

Full reference: J.E. Gray. 1865. Notice of some new species of marmoset monkeys (Hapale and Midas). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 733-735

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

See also Gray 1865

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

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leontocebus leucogenys in the database

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