Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea Spix 1823

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Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea Spix 1823

Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea Spix 1823 , Sim. Vespert. Brasil.: 32.

Type Locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Solimões River, Tabatinga.

Vernacular Names: Pygmy Marmoset.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea subsp. pygmaea Spix 1823

Subspecies Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea subsp. niveiventris Lönnberg 1940

Distribution: N and W Brazil, N Peru, Ecuador.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern as Cebuella pygmaea .

Discussion: Subgenus Cebuella (recognized by McKenna and Bell (1997) as a full genus; but it is not the most divergent clade of marmosets). Revised by Hershkovitz (1977:462-464), placed in Callithrix by Groves (1989, 2001 c). Reviewed by Townsend (2001).