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

Where the Weddell's saddle-back tamarin lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leontocebus weddelli
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 Weddell's saddle-back tamarin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Weddell's saddle-back tamarin in 3 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 Weddell's saddle-back tamarin endangered?

The Weddell's 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 Weddell's saddle-back tamarin?

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

About the Weddell's saddle-back tamarin

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus weddelli) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Weddell's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. It lives in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, with the type locality being in Bolivia.

There are 3 subspecies:

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Crandall's saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli crandalli)

White-mantled tamarin or White saddle-back tamarin, (Leontocebus weddelli melanoleucus)

Males have a head and body length of about 190.0 millimetres (7.48 in) and females have a head and body length of about 196.6 millimetres (7.74 in). The tail is between 250 millimetres (9.8 in) and 300 millimetres (12 in) long. Males weigh about 359 grams (12.7 oz) and females weight about 357 grams (12.6 oz).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (revision 1356931298), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q22675245 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).