Black-mantled tamarin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black-mantled tamarin lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leontocebus nigricollis
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae

Where does the black-mantled tamarin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black-mantled tamarin in 3 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

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 black-mantled tamarin endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the black-mantled tamarin?

The black-mantled tamarin (Leontocebus nigricollis) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Callitrichidae, genus Leontocebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black-mantled tamarin

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black-mantled tamarin (revision 1356931037), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q94697916 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).