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Taxonomy
Leontopithecus was named by Lesson (1840). It is extant.
It was assigned to Callitrichidae by Hershkovitz (1974); and to Callitrichinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Opazo et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Callitrichidae by Hershkovitz (1974); and to Callitrichinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Opazo et al. (2006).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1840 | Leontopithecus Lesson |
1974 | Leontopithecus Hershkovitz |
2005 | Leontopithecus Wilson and Reeder |
2006 | Leontopithecus Opazo et al. p. 277 |
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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.
G. Leontopithecus Lesson 1840
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Leontopithecus caissara Lorini and Persson 1990
Leontopithecus chrysomelas Kuhl 1820
Leontopithecus chrysopygus Mikan 1823
Leontopithecus fuscus Lesson 1840
Leontopithecus lagonotus Jimenez de la Espada 1870
Leontopithecus oedipus Linnaeus 1758 [cottontop tamarin]
Leontopithecus rosalia Linnaeus 1766
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections
No collection or age range data are available