Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (''Leontocebus weddelli'') is a species of

saddle-back tamarin The saddle-back tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus or subgenus ''Leontocebus''. They were split from the tamarin genus ''Saguinus'' based on genetic data and on the fact that saddle-back ta ...

, a type of small monkey from South America. Weddell's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a

subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...

of the

brown-mantled tamarin The brown-mantled tamarin (''Leontocebus fuscicollis''), also known as Spix's saddle-back tamarin, is a species of saddle-back tamarin. This New World monkey is found in the Southern American countries of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. This omnivorous ...

, ''L. fuscicollis''. It lives in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, with the type locality being in Bolivia. There are 3 subspecies: *''Leontocebus weddelli weddelli'' * Crandall's saddle-back tamarin, (''Leontocebus weddelli crandalli'') *

White-mantled tamarin The white-mantled tamarin, ''Leontocebus weddelli melanoleucus'', is a subspecies of Weddell's saddle-back tamarin, a tamarin monkey from South America. It is found in Brazil, between Rio Jurua and Tarauacá River, Rio Tarauacá. References

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or White saddle-back tamarin, (''Leontocebus weddelli melanoleucus'') Males have a head and body length of about and females have a head and body length of about . The tail is between and long. Males weigh about and females weight about . Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals. It lives in various types of groups, including single-adult male, single adult female groups, multi-male, multi-female groups, single-male, multi-female groups and single female, multi male groups. Females sometimes remain in their natal group. It associates with the

emperor tamarin The emperor tamarin (''Saguinus imperator'') is a species of tamarin allegedly named for its resemblance to the German Empire, German List_of_German_monarchs#German_Empire,_1871–1918, emperor Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm II. It lives in ...

, the

red-bellied tamarin The white-lipped tamarin (''Saguinus labiatus''), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia. The red belly of these New World monkeys is its most remarkable outward characteristic. ...

and

Goeldi's marmoset The Goeldi's marmoset or Goeldi's monkey (''Callimico goeldii'') is a small, South American New World monkey that lives in the upper Amazon basin region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. It is the only species classified in the genus ''C ...

. The

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rates it as

least concern A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...

from a conservation standpoint.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q22675245 Leontocebus Taxa named by Émile Deville Mammals described in 1849