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

Where the red-mantled saddle-back tamarin lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leontocebus lagonotus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae

Where does the red-mantled saddle-back tamarin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-mantled saddle-back tamarin in 2 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: South America.

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 red-mantled saddle-back tamarin endangered?

The red-mantled 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 red-mantled saddle-back tamarin?

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

About the red-mantled saddle-back tamarin

The red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus lagonotus) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. The red-mantled saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. It lives in Ecuador and Peru and its type locality is in Peru, near the confluence of the Amazon River and the Napo River.

The red-mantled saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 220 millimetres (8.7 in) and 270 millimetres (11 in) with a tail length between 275 millimetres (10.8 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 Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (revision 1356931445), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q94969241 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).