- Moustached Tamarin
Taxobox | name = Moustached Tamarin
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
image_width = 225px
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Primates
familia =Cebidae
genus = "Saguinus "
species = "S. mystax"
binomial = "Saguinus mystax"
binomial_authority = (Spix, 1803)The Moustached Tamarin, "Saguinus mystax" also known as Spix's Moustached Tamarin is a black
tamarin with white nose, brownish back and white moustache.The Moustached Tamarin is distributed in tropical forests of
Brazil andPeru . Its diet consists mainly of fruits, tree gum and insects.There are two subspecies of the Moustached Tamarin:
*Spix's Moustached Tamarin , "Saguinus mysyax mystax"
*White-rumped Moustached Tamarin , "Saguinus mystax pluto"References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]
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