White-footed tamarin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the white-footed tamarin lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

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

Where does the white-footed tamarin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-footed tamarin in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Colombia.

Colombia

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 white-footed tamarin endangered?

The white-footed tamarin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the white-footed tamarin?

The white-footed tamarin (Saguinus leucopus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Callitrichidae, genus Saguinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-footed tamarin

The white-footed tamarin (Saguinus leucopus) is a tamarin species endemic to Colombia. It is a silvery brown colour with pale streaks and russet underparts, and is very similar in appearance to the cotton-top tamarin, from which it is separated by the Atrato River. It is thought that the two species diverged during the Pleistocene, at a time when a sea occupied the area between their present ranges. This tamarin is an arboreal species, living in small family groups in the canopy. Females give birth to one to three young after a gestation period of about 140 days. This species has a relatively small range and is under threat from destruction and fragmentation of the forest in which it lives and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as "vulnerable".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-footed tamarin (revision 1356930523), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1151198 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).