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Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset)

Osteichthyes - Primates - Cebidae

Taxonomy
Simia jacchus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hapale jacchus by Owen (1853), Bradley (1904); it was recombined as Callithrix jacchus by Thomas (1911).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2007-06-27; modified by M. Uhen on 2019-11-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Simia jacchus Linnaeus p. 27
1853Hapale jacchus Owen p. 723
1904Hapale jacchus Bradley p. 99
1911Callithrix jacchus Thomas p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyCebidae
subfamilyCallitrichinae()
genusCallithrixErxleben 1777
speciesjacchus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Callithrix jacchus Linnaeus 1758 [common marmoset]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:08:13
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available