Callithrix penicillata Geoffroy 1812 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Alternative combinations: Callithrix penicillatus, Jacchus penicillatus

Full reference: E. Geoffroy. 1812. Ou des Animaux composent le premier Ordre de la Classe des Mammifères . Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19:85-122

Belongs to Callithrix according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

See also Geoffroy 1812

Sister taxa: Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Callithrix penicillata in the database

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