Not to be confused with Callitris or Calytrix, two genera of plants native to Australia and New Caledonia.
Callithrix[1][2]
Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Haplorhini
Infraorder:
Simiiformes
Family:
Callitrichidae
Genus:
Callithrix Erxleben, 1777
Type species
Simia jacchus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
6; see text
Synonyms
Anthopithecus F. Cuvier, 1829
Arctopithecus G. Cuvier, 1819
Hapale Illiger, 1811
Hapales F. Cuvier, 1829
Harpale Gray, 1821
Iacchus Spix, 1823
Jacchus É. Geoffroy, 1812
Midas É. Geoffroy, 1828
Ouistitis Burnett, 1826
Sagoin Desmarest, 1804
Sagoinus Kerr, 1792
Sagouin Lacépède, 1799
Saguin Fischer, 1803
Callithrix is a genus of New World monkeys of the family Callitrichidae, the family containing marmosets and tamarins. The genus contains the Atlantic Forest marmosets. The name Callithrix is derived from the Greek words kallos, meaning beautiful, and thrix, meaning hair.
^Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
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