Leontopithecus Lesson 1840 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

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

See also Hershkovitz 1974 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

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

Subtaxa: Leontopithecus caissara Leontopithecus chrysomelas Leontopithecus chrysopygus Leontopithecus fuscus Leontopithecus lagonotus Leontopithecus oedipus Leontopithecus rosalia

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leontopithecus in the database

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