Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (''Leontocebus cruzlimai'') is a species of
saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a
subspecies
In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ...
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 Omnivore, ...
, ''L. fuscicollis''.
[ It lives in Brazil in the area near the Inauini River.][ Its fur is mostly reddish orange, with a black tail and white eyebrows.] The IUCN
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rates it as least concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wil ...
from a conservation standpoint.
References
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Leontocebus
Primates of South America
Taxa named by Philip Hershkovitz
Mammals described in 1966