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The '''white-headed marmoset''' (''Callithrix geoffroyi''), also known as the '''tufted-ear marmoset''', '''Geoffroy's marmoset''', or '''Geoffrey's marmoset''', is a [[marmoset]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to forests in eastern [[Brazil]], where it is native to [[Bahia]], [[Espírito Santo]], and [[Minas Gerais]], and [[Introduced species|introduced]] to [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]].<ref name=iucn/> It is known as the ''sagüi'' or ''sauim'' in Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Callithrix+geoffroyi|title=''Callithrix geoffroyi'' - White-headed Marmoset|work=Infonatura|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=April 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217024706/http://infonatura.natureserve.org/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Callithrix+geoffroyi|archive-date=17 December 2019}}</ref> Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.<ref>[Caine, N. G., & Mundy, N. I. (2000). Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets ( Callithrix geoffroyi ) dependent on food colour. Proceedings., 267(1442), 439–444.]</ref>
The '''white-headed marmoset''' (''Callithrix geoffroyi''), also known as the '''tufted-ear marmoset''', '''Geoffroy's marmoset''', or '''Geoffrey's marmoset''', is a [[marmoset]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to forests in eastern [[Brazil]], where it is native to [[Bahia]], [[Espírito Santo]], and [[Minas Gerais]], and [[Introduced species|introduced]] to [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]].<ref name=iucn/> It is known as the ''sagüi'' or ''sauim'' in Brazil.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Callithrix+geoffroyi |title=''Callithrix geoffroyi'' - White-headed marmoset |work=Infonatura |publisher=NatureServe |access-date=27 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217024706/http://infonatura.natureserve.org/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Callithrix+geoffroyi |archive-date=17 December 2019}}</ref> Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Caine |first1=N. G. |last2=Mundy |first2=N. I. |year=2000 |title=Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets (''Callithrix geoffroyi'') dependent on food colour |journal=[[Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B]] |volume=267 |pages=439–444 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690559/pdf/10737399.pdf}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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White-headed marmoset[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Callithrix
Species:
C. geoffroyi
Binomial name
Callithrix geoffroyi
White-headed marmoset range
Synonyms
  • C. albifrons Thunberg, 1819
  • C. leucocephalus Humboldt, 1812
  • C. leucogenys Gray, 1870
  • C. maximiliani Reichenbach, 1862
  • C. melanotis Lesson, 1840

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina.[2] It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.[3] Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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. 130. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Rylands, A. B. & Mendes, S. L. (2008). "Callithrix geoffroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T3572A9952962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3572A9952962.en.
  3. ^ "Callithrix geoffroyi - White-headed marmoset". Infonatura. NatureServe. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. ^ Caine, N. G.; Mundy, N. I. (2000). "Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) dependent on food colour" (PDF). Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 267: 439–444.