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Brown-mantled Tamarin
Leontocebus fuscicollis (Spix, 1823)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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 member of the Callitrichidae family is usually found in smaller groups ranging between 4 and 15 individuals. This species communicates vocally and largely relies on its olfactory system. The brown-mantled tamarin is considered a species of Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, despite a decreasing population and being threatened by poaching, habitat loss and capture for the illegal pet trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Brown-mantled tamarin; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:47:47.339770+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leontocebus fuscicollis (Spix, 1823)
- Name authority
- (Spix, 1823)
- Common name
- Brown-mantled Tamarin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Callitrichidae
- Genus
- Leontocebus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- familyCallitrichidae Gray, 1821
- genusLeontocebus Wagner, 1840
- speciesLeontocebus fuscicollis (Spix, 1823)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leontocebus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson's Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus fuscus (Lesson, 1840) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-mantled Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus lagonotus (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus leucogenys (Gray, 1866) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-mantled TamarinLeontocebus nigricollis (Spix, 1823) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cruz Lima's Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus cruzlimai (Hershkovitz, 1966) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geoffroy's Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus nigrifrons (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-mantled Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus tripartitus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Weddell's Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus weddelli (Deville, 1849) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Midas fuscicollis Spix, 1823 Spix, 1823 | synonym |
| Saguinus fuscicollis (Spix, 1823) (Spix, 1823) | synonym |
| Saguinus fuscicollis acrensis Carvalho, 1957 Carvalho, 1957 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=998616 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3T6RB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.