Andean saddle-back tamarin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Andean saddle-back tamarin lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leontocebus leucogenys
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae

Where does the Andean saddle-back tamarin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Andean saddle-back tamarin in 1 country or territory across South America.

Peru

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Andean saddle-back tamarin endangered?

The Andean saddle-back tamarin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Andean saddle-back tamarin?

The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Callitrichidae, genus Leontocebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Andean saddle-back tamarin

The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. The Andean saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. It is closely related to Illiger's saddle-back tamarin. It is endemic to Peru and its type locality is in the Department of Huanuco, Peru.

The Andean saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 205 millimetres (8.1 in) and 230 millimetres (9.1 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 330 millimetres (13 in) long. It weighs between 350 grams (12 oz) and 400 grams (14 oz).

The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Andean saddle-back tamarin (revision 1356931190), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q20181720 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).