Mura's saddleback tamarin

Subspecies of New World monkey

Mura's saddleback tamarin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Leontocebus
Species:	L. fuscicollis
Subspecies:	L. f. mura
Trinomial name
*Leontocebus fuscicollis mura* Röhe, Silva Jr., Sampaio & Rylands, 2009

Mura's saddleback tamarin (Leontocebus fuscicollis mura) is a subspecies of monkey that was first seen by scientists in 2007 in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.^[1] The monkey, which is mostly gray and brown, weighs 213 grams (7.5 oz), is 240 millimetres (9.4 in) tall, and has a 320 millimetres (13 in) tail.^[2]

According to the discoverers of this new subspecies, Mura's saddleback tamarin is threatened by several planned development projects in the region, including a proposed gas pipeline, two hydroelectric dams currently in the beginning stages of construction, and, most notably, a major highway cutting through the Amazon that is currently being paved. Conservationists fear the highway could fuel wider deforestation in the Amazon over the next two decades.^[3]

References

^ Rylands, Anthony B.; et al. (2016). "Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 1–26. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ New monkey discovered in Brazilian Amazon, Reuters, July 7, 2009
^ "New monkey discovered in Brazil". Retrieved 2017-03-08.

Extant species of family Callitrichidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini

Callithrix
(Atlantic marmosets)

Black-tufted marmoset (C. penicillata)
Buffy-headed marmoset (C. flaviceps)
Buffy-tufted marmoset (C. aurita)
Common marmoset (C. jacchus)
White-headed marmoset (C. geoffroyi)
Wied's marmoset (C. kuhlii)

Mico
(Amazonian marmosets)

Rio Acari marmoset (M. acariensis)
Silvery marmoset (M. argentatus)
White marmoset (M. leucippe)
Emilia's marmoset (M. emiliae)
Black-headed marmoset (M. nigriceps)
Marca's marmoset (M. marcai)
Schneider's marmoset (M. schneideri)
Black-tailed marmoset (M. melanurus)
Santarem marmoset (M. humeralifer)
Maués marmoset (M. mauesi)
Munduruku marmoset (M. munduruku)
Gold-and-white marmoset (M. chrysoleucos)
Hershkovitz's marmoset (M. intermedia)
Satéré marmoset (M. saterei)
Rondon's marmoset (M. rondoni)
Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (M. humilis)

Cebuella

Eastern pygmy marmoset (C. niveiventris)
Western pygmy marmoset (C. pygmaea)

Leontopithecus
(lion tamarins)

Black lion tamarin (L. chrysopygus)
Golden lion tamarin (L. rosalia)
Golden-headed lion tamarin (L. chrysomelas)
Superagui lion tamarin (L. caissara)

Leontocebus
(saddle-back tamarins)

Andean saddle-back tamarin (L. leucogenys)
Black-mantled tamarin (L. nigricollis)
Brown-mantled tamarin (L. fuscicollis)
Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (L. cruzlimai)
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin (L. nigrifrons)
Golden-mantled tamarin (S. tripartitus)
Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (L. illigeri)
Lesson's saddle-back tamarin (L. fuscus)
Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (L. lagonotus)
Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (L. weddelli)

Saguinus
(tamarins)

Subgenus Saguinus:	Golden-handed tamarin (S. midas) Black tamarin (S. niger) Eastern black-handed tamarin (S. ursula) Pied tamarin (S. bicolor) Martins's tamarin (S. martinsi) Cotton-top tamarin (S. oedipus) Geoffroy's tamarin (S. geoffroyi) White-footed tamarin (S. leucopus)
Subgenus Tamarinus:	Moustached tamarin (S. mystax) White-lipped tamarin (S. labiatus) Emperor tamarin (S. imperator) Mottle-faced tamarin (S. inustus)