Manicore Marmoset

Taxobox
name = Manicore MarmosetMSW3 Groves|pages=131-132]
status = LC
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 = 41582 | title = Mico manicorensis | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cebidae
genus = "Callithrix"
species = "C. manicorensis"
binomial = "Callithrix manicorensis"
binomial_authority = van Roosmaalen et al, 2000

The Manicore Marmoset ("Callithrix manicorensis") is a marmoset species endemic to Brazil. It was discovered less than 200 miles from Manaus, near the Madeira River. Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about 9 inches long, excluding the tail, and it has a 15-inch long tail. It weighs about 12 ounces.

References

External links

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]
*http://www.theshadowlands.net/newmonkey.txt