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Saguinus

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Taxonomy

Saguinus was named by Hoffmannsegg (1807). It is extant.

It was assigned to Callitrichidae by Hershkovitz (1974); and to Callitrichinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Opazo et al. (2006).

Synonyms

Leontocebus was named by Wagner (1840). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Saguinus by Hoffmannsegg (1807).

It was assigned to Cebidae by Burgin et al. (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1807	Saguinus Hoffmannsegg
1840	Leontocebus Wagner
1974	Saguinus Hershkovitz
2005	Saguinus Wilson and Reeder
2006	Saguinus Opazo et al. p. 277
2018	Leontocebus Burgin et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
infraorder	Haplorhini	(Pocock 1918)
—	Anthropoidea	(Mivart 1864)
infraorder	Platyrrhini	Geoffroy 1812
family	Cebidae
subfamily	Callitrichinae	()
genus	Saguinus	Hoffmannsegg 1807

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. Saguinus Hoffmannsegg 1807

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Saguinus bicolor Spix 1823

Saguinus geoffroyi Pucheran 1845

Saguinus graellsi Jimenez de la Espada 1870

Saguinus imperator Goeldi 1907

Saguinus inustus Schwartz 1951

Saguinus labiatus Geoffroy 1812

Saguinus leucopus Günther 1877

Saguinus martinsi Thomas 1912

Saguinus melanoleucus Miranda Ribeiro 1912

Saguinus midas Linnaeus 1758 [red-handed tamarin]