Superagui Lion Tamarin

Taxobox
name = Superagui Lion TamarinMSW3 Groves|pages=133]
status = CR
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Rylands, A.B., Bampi, M.I., Chiarello, A.G., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Mendes, S.L. & Marcelino, M.|year=2003|id=11503|title=Leontopithecus caissara|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered]
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cebidae
subfamilia = Callitrichinae
genus = "Leontopithecus"
species = "L. caissara"
binomial = "Leontopithecus caissara"
binomial_authority = (Lorini & Persson, 1990)

The Superagui Lion Tamarin ("Leontopithecus caissara") is a small New World primate of the Cebidae family. It is an endemic Brazilian lion tamarin, found in a small area in the Brazilian coast, called Superagui.

References

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]

External links

*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Leontopithecus_caissara/ images and movies of the black-faced lion tamarin "(Leontopithecus caissara)"]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/imagerepository/GetImage?SRC=6&BATCH=49&FMT=gif&RES=600X615&NAME=leontopithecus_caissara The Superagui Lion Tamarin's range (Natureserve.org)]