Santarem Marmoset

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name = Santarem MarmosetMSW3 Groves | pages = 118]
status = DD
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 = 41521 | title = Mico humeralifera | downloaded = 2008-02-17]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cebidae
genus = "Callithrix"
subgenus = "Mico"
species = "C. humeralifera"
binomial = "Callithrix humeralifera"
binomial_authority = (É. Geoffroy, 1812)

The Santarem Marmoset ("Callithrix humeralifera"), also known as a Black And White Tassel-ear Marmoset is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is found in a very restricted area between the Rio Tapajos and lower Rio Madeira and Rio Roosevelt. It lives in groups of 5 to 15 individuals, feeding and is an omnivorous animal. It lives, mainly, in areas with dense viney vegetation.

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