Marca's marmoset: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Marca's marmoset lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Mico marcai
Group	Monkeys
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae

Where does the Marca's marmoset live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Marca's marmoset in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Novo Aripuanã.

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 Marca's marmoset endangered?

The Marca's marmoset’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Marca's marmoset?

The Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Callitrichidae, genus Mico. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Marca's marmoset

The Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã-Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil. Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about 9 inches (23 cm) long, excluding the tail, and it has a 15-inch (38 cm) long tail. It weighs about 12 ounces (340 g).

It was previously thought to be virtually unknown; in 2008 the IUCN noted that it had never been seen in the wild, though it has been observed since then. However, later studies found the Manicore marmoset (Mico manicorensis), discovered in the Campos Amazônicos National Park in 2000, to be conspecific with M. marcai, and thus both were synonymized.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Marca's marmoset (revision 1356931760), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q20891170 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).