Callithrix Erxleben 1777 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Synonyms: Hapale Illiger 1811, Sagoinus Kerr 1792

Parent taxon: Callitrichinae according to J. C. Opazo et al. 2006

See also Allen 1895, Hershkovitz 1974, Illiger 1811 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

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

Subtaxa: Callithrix aurita Callithrix flaviceps Callithrix geoffroyi Callithrix jacchus Callithrix kuhlii Callithrix penicillata

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Callithrix in the database

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