Illiger's saddle-back tamarin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the Illiger's saddle-back tamarin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Illiger's saddle-back tamarin in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Peru.

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 Illiger's saddle-back tamarin endangered?

The Illiger's saddle-back tamarin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Illiger's saddle-back tamarin?

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

About the Illiger's saddle-back tamarin

Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus illigeri) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Illiger's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. It is closely related to the Andean saddle-back tamarin. It is endemic to the Peruvian Amazon and its type locality is in Loreto, Peru, at the left bank of the lower Rio Ucayali.

Illiger's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 175 millimetres (6.9 in) and 205 millimetres (8.1 in) with a tail length between 300 millimetres (12 in) and 305 millimetres (12.0 in) long. Males weigh about 292 grams (10.3 oz) and females weight about 296 grams (10.4 oz).

The IUCN rates it as near threatened from a conservation standpoint.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (revision 1356931423), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q92275767 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).