Callithrix aurita (É. Geoffroy, 1812) . Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 19:119.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Brazilian coast.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: chrysopyga, coelestis, itatiagae, petronius .

COMMENTS: Accepted as a species by Mittermeier et al. (1988) and Groves (1989).