Mico Lesson 1840 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Alternative spelling: Callithrix (Mico)

Full reference: M. R.-P. Lesson. 1840. Species des mammifères birmanes et quadrumanes . 1-202

Parent taxon: Callitrichinae according to A.B. Rylands et al. 2000

See also Lesson 1840

Sister taxa: Callimico, Callithrix, Cebuella, Jacchus, Lagonimiconini, Leontopithecus, Micodon, Patasola, Saguinus

Subtaxa: Mico acariensis Mico argentatus Mico chrysoleucus Mico emiliae Mico humeralifera Mico humilis Mico intermedius Mico leucippe Mico manicorensis Mico marcai Mico mauesi Mico melanurus Mico nigriceps Mico rondoni Mico saterei

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mico in the database

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