Graells's tamarin, ''Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi'', is a subspecies of the
black-mantled tamarin
The black-mantled tamarin, ''Leontocebus nigricollis'', is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador.
There are 3 subspecies:
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from the northwestern
Amazon
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in southeastern
Colombia, eastern
Ecuador
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and northeastern
Peru
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It differs from other black-mantled tamarins in having a dull
olive
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-brown (no reddish-orange) lower back, rump and thighs.
[ Defler, T. (2004). ''Primates of Colombia.'' ]Conservation International
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. However, molecular genetic analysis does not support treating Graell's tamarin as a separate species from the black-mantled tamarin.
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Graells's tamarin
Graells's tamarin, ''Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi'', is a subspecies of the black-mantled tamarin from the northwestern Amazon Rainforest, Amazon in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru. It differs from other black-man ...
Mammals of Colombia
Mammals of Ecuador
Mammals of Peru
Graells's tamarin
Graells's tamarin, ''Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi'', is a subspecies of the black-mantled tamarin from the northwestern Amazon Rainforest, Amazon in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru. It differs from other black-man ...
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Subspecies
Taxa named by Marcos Jiménez de la Espada