Marca's marmoset
| Marca's marmoset[1][2] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Mico |
| Species: | M. marcai
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| Binomial name | |
| Mico marcai Alperin, 1993
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| Marca's marmoset range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mico manicorensis van Roosmalen et al., 2000[4] | |
The Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã-Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil.[5] Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about 9 inches (23 cm) long, excluding the tail, and it has a 15-inch (38 cm) long tail. It weighs about 12 ounces (340 g).
It was previously thought to be virtually unknown; in 2008 the IUCN noted that it had never been seen in the wild,[3] though it has been observed since then.[6][7] However, later studies found the Manicore marmoset (Mico manicorensis), discovered in the Campos Amazônicos National Park in 2000, to be conspecific with M. marcai, and thus both were synonymized.[5][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
- ^ a b c da Silva, F.; Mittermeier, R.A. & Bicca-Marques, J. (21 February 2021). "Mico marcai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39914A166609473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T39914A166609473.en.
- ^ van Roosmalen, M. G. M.; van Roosmalen, T.; Mittermeier, R. A.; Rylands, A. B. (2000). "Two new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates), from the Tapajós/Madeira interfluvium, South Central Amazonia, Brazil". Neotropical Primates. 8: 2–18.
- ^ a b Garbino, G.S.T. (2014). "The Taxonomic Status of Mico marcai (Alperin 1993) and Mico manicorensis (van Roosmalen et al. 2000) (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) from Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia". International Journal of Primatology. 35 (2): 529–546. doi:10.1007/s10764-014-9766-4. ISSN 1573-8604. S2CID 18578794.
- ^ Davis, B. (2010) Sightings from Amazonian Brazil – Primates and Short-eared Dog.
- ^ Silva, et al. (2013) "Rediscovery of Marca's marmoset and the challenges for its conservation."
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