Mico nigriceps Ferrari and Lopes 1992 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Alternative combination: Callithrix nigriceps

Full reference: S.F. Ferrari and M.A. Lopes. 1992. A new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primate), from western Brazilian Amazonia . Goeldiana Zoologica (12)1-13

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

See also Ferrari and Lopes 1992

Sister taxa: 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 rondoni, Mico saterei

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mico nigriceps in the database

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