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 (biology), family Callitrichidae in the genus or subgenus ''Leontocebus''. They were split from the tamarin genus ''Saguinus'' based on genetic data and on the fact th ...

, a type of small monkey from South America. Weddell'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, 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 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 monkey allegedly named for its beard's resemblance to the German Empire, German List_of_German_monarchs#German_Empire,_1871–1918, emperor Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm I ...

, the red-bellied tamarin and

Goeldi's marmoset Goeldi's marmoset, or Goeldi's monkey (''Callimico goeldii''), is a small New World monkey found on the South American continent, mainly in the upper Amazon basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Perú. It is the only species classified in the m ...

. The

IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status ...

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

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