Saguinus imperator Goeldi 1907 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Alternative combination: Midas imperator

Full reference: E.A. Goeldi. 1907. On some new and insuffieciently known species of Marmoset Monkeys from the Amazonian Region. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 88-99

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

See also Goeldi 1907 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

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

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Quaternary of Peru)

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