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The '''Tufted-ear Marmoset''' or '''Geoffrey's Marmoset''' or '''White-headed Marmoset''', ''Callithrix geoffroyi'', is a [[marmoset]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Brazil]]. |
The '''Tufted-ear Marmoset''' or '''Geoffrey's Marmoset''' or '''White-headed Marmoset''', ''Callithrix geoffroyi'', is a [[marmoset]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Brazil]]. |
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One of the more common Callithrids in captivity, Many zoos keep and breed the species. In fact some zoos have to use methods of stopping their animals breeding. |
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The Tufted-ear Marmoset or Geoffrey's Marmoset or White-headed Marmoset, Callithrix geoffroyi, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil.
One of the more common Callithrids in captivity, Many zoos keep and breed the species. In fact some zoos have to use methods of stopping their animals breeding.
References
- Template:IUCN2006 Listed as Vulnerable (VU B1+2b, C2a v2.3)
- 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.
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