NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black-mantled Tamarin
Leontocebus nigricollis (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 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:
Spix's black mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis nigricollis
Graells's tamarin or Graells' black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi
Hernandez-Camacho's black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis hernandezi
Graells's tamarin was previously considered to be a separate species.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-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 nigricollis (Spix, 1823)
- Name authority
- (Spix, 1823)
- Common name
- Black-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 nigricollis (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 |
| Cruz Lima's Saddle-back TamarinLeontocebus cruzlimai (Hershkovitz, 1966) | CallitrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-mantled TamarinLeontocebus fuscicollis (Spix, 1823) | 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 nigricollis Spix, 1823 Spix, 1823 | synonym |
| Saguinus nigricollis (Spix, 1823) (Spix, 1823) | 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=998617 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:3T6RK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.