The Zoochat Photographic Guide To New World Primates

TeaLovingDave

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To round out the coverage of primates in these photographic/taxonomic guides, this thread will cover the various members of the Platyrrhini; however, I will be tackling the group in a style closer to my carnivore threads and the Old World Primate thread by @Chlidonias - with a post for each genus, rather than each species - rather than the style found in my Prosimian thread.

This is mostly because I've decided the former style works better for these threads, but also because finding a way to describe the range of each species was getting a little time-consuming and frustrating :p
 
PLATYRRHINI



This lineage comprises five extant families:

CALLITRICHIDAE - 48 extant species across six genera

CEBIDAE - 14 extant species across three genera

AOTIDAE - 11 extant species within a single genus

PITHECIIDAE - 56 extant species within four genera

ATELIDAE - 29 extant species within five genera
 
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CALLITRICHIDAE



This family comprises 48 extant species across six genera:

Goeldi's Monkey Callimico goeldii

Buffy-tufted Marmoset Callithrix aurita
Buffy-headed Marmoset Callithrix flaviceps
White-headed Marmoset Callithrix geoffroyi
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus
Wied's Marmoset Callithrix kuhlii
Black-tufted Marmoset Callithrix penicillata

Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea

Rio Acarí Marmoset Mico acariensis
Silvery Marmoset Mico argentatus
Gold-and-white Marmoset Mico chrysoleucos
Emilia's Marmoset Mico emiliae
Santarem Marmoset Mico humeralifer
Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset Mico humilis
Hershkovitz's Marmoset Mico intermedius
White Marmoset Mico leucippe
Marca's Marmoset Mico marcai
Maués Marmoset Mico mauesi
Black-tailed Marmoset Mico melanurus
Black-headed Marmoset Mico nigriceps
Rondon's Marmoset Mico rondoni
Sateré Marmoset Mico saterei

Cruz Lima's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus cruzlimai
Brown-mantled Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus fuscicollis
Lesson's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus fuscus
Illiger's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus illigeri
Red-mantled Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus lagonotus
Andean Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus leucogenys
Black-mantled Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus nigricollis
Geoffroy's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus nigrifrons
Golden-mantled Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus tripartitus
Weddell's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus weddelli
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Pied Tamarin Saguinus bicolor
Geoffroy's Tamarin Saguinus geoffroyi
White-footed Tamarin Saguinus leucopus
Martins's Tamarin Saguinus martinsi
Red-handed Tamarin Saguinus midas
Western Black Tamarin Saguinus niger
Cottontop Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Eastern Black Tamarin Saguinus ursula
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Emperor Tamarin Saguinus imperator
Mottle-faced Tamarin Saguinus inustus
White-lipped Tamarin Saguinus labiatus
Moustached Tamarin Saguinus mystax

Superagui Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus caissara
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Black Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysopygus
Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia
 
Callimico


Goeldi's Monkey (C. goeldii)

Monotypic.

Photo by @Javan Rhino

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Callithrix


Buffy-tufted Marmoset (C. aurita)

Monotypic.

Photo by @Giant Eland

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Buffy-headed Marmoset (C. flaviceps)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

White-headed Marmoset (C. geoffroyi)

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

full


Common Marmoset (C. jacchus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando

full


Wied's Marmoset (C. kuhlii)

Monotypic.

Photo by @Ituri

full


Black-tufted Marmoset (C. penicillata)

Monotypic.

Photo by @EmperorTamarin

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Mico


Rio Acarí Marmoset (M. acariensis)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Silvery Marmoset (M. argentatus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

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Gold-and-white Marmoset (M. chrysoleucos)

Monotypic.

Photo by @carlos77

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Emilia's Marmoset (M. emiliae)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Santarem Marmoset (M. humeralifer)

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish

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Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset (M. humilis)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Hershkovitz's Marmoset (M. intermedius)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

White Marmoset (M. leucippe)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Marca's Marmoset (M. marcai)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Maués Marmoset (M. mauesi)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Black-tailed Marmoset (M. melanurus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @SMR

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Black-headed Marmoset (M. nigriceps)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Rondon's Marmoset (M. rondoni)

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish

full


Sateré Marmoset (M. saterei)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
 
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Saguinus (subgenus "Leontocebus")



Cruz Lima's Saddleback Tamarin (S. cruzlimai)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Brown-mantled Saddleback Tamarin (S. fuscicollis)

Four subspecies recognised:

S. f. avilapiresi
S. f. fuscicollis
S. f. mura
S. f. primitivus

Photo by @Giant Eland

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Lesson's Saddleback Tamarin (S. fuscus)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Illiger's Saddleback Tamarin (S. illigeri)

Monotypic.

Photo by @mhale

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Red-mantled Saddleback Tamarin (S. lagonotus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @Javan Rhino

full


Andean Saddleback Tamarin (S. leucogenys)

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

full


Black-mantled Saddleback Tamarin (S. nigricollis)

Three subspecies recognised:

S. n. graellsi
- photo by @Joker1706

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S. n. hernandezi
S. n. nigricollis
- photo by @Maguari

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Geoffroy's Saddleback Tamarin (S. nigrifrons)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Golden-mantled Saddleback Tamarin (S. tripartitus)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Weddell's Saddleback Tamarin (S. weddelli)

Three subspecies recognised:

S. w. crandalli
S. w. melanoleucos
S. w. weddelli
- photo by @Joker1706


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Saguinus (subgenus "Saguinus")


Pied Tamarin (S. bicolor)

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur

full


Geoffroy's Tamarin (S. geoffroyi)

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur

full


White-footed Tamarin (S. leucopus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @Giant Eland

full


Martins's Tamarin (S. martinsi)

Two subspecies recognised:

S. m. martinsi
S. m. ochraceus


No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Red-handed Tamarin (S. midas)

Monotypic.

Photo by @TeaLovingDave

full


Western Black Tamarin (S. niger)

Monotypic.

Photo by @eduardo_Brazil

full


Cottontop Tamarin (S. oedipus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

full


Eastern Black Tamarin (S. ursula)

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish

full
 
Saguinus (subgenus "Tamarinus")


Emperor Tamarin (S. imperator)

Two subspecies:

S. i. imperator
- photo by @jbnbsn99

full


S. i. subgrisescens -
photo by @ro6ca66

full


Mottle-faced Tamarin (S. inustus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

full


White-lipped Tamarin (S. labiatus)

Three subspecies recognised:

S. l. labiatus -
Photo by @Merintia

full

S. l. rufiventer - Photo by @carlos55

full


S. l. thomasi


Moustached Tamarin (S. mystax)

Three subspecies recognised:

S. m. mystax
- photo by @KevinVar

full


S. m. pileatus
S. m. pluto
 
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Leontopithecus


Superagui Lion Tamarin (L. caissara)

Monotypic.

No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (L. chrysomelas)

Monotypic.

Photo by @Goura

full


Black Lion Tamarin (L. chrysopygus)

Monotypic.

Photo by @gentle lemur

full


Golden Lion Tamarin (L. rosalia)

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

full
 
....and that is the Callitrichidae completed; I'm honestly quite pleasantly surprised at how well-represented the group is in the Zoochat gallery beyond the handful of "mainstay" species.

As usual, a list of species which are still unrepresented follows in the hope that it may encourage anyone who does have photographs of any of them to upload these to the Zoochat gallery:

Buffy-headed Marmoset Callithrix flaviceps
Rio Acarí Marmoset Mico acariensis
Emilia's Marmoset Mico emiliae
Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset Mico humilis
Hershkovitz's Marmoset Mico intermedius
White Marmoset Mico leucippe
Marca's Marmoset Mico marcai
Maués Marmoset Mico mauesi
Black-headed Marmoset Mico nigriceps
Sateré Marmoset Mico saterei
Cruz Lima's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus cruzlimai
Lesson's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus fuscus
Geoffroy's Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus nigrifrons
Golden-mantled Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus tripartitus
Martins's Tamarin Saguinus martinsi
Superagui Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus caissara

However, before I move onto the next family of New World Primates - the Cebidae - I will shortly conclude my coverage of the Callitrichidae with a bonus post highlighting a variety of hybrid individuals, given how relatively-easily members of this group tend to interbreed.
 
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