White-headed marmoset: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Callithrix geoffroyi
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae

Where does the white-headed marmoset live?

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

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 white-headed marmoset endangered?

The white-headed marmoset’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the white-headed marmoset?

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Callitrichidae, genus Callithrix. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-headed marmoset

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina. It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil. Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees. It is a host of Pachysentis lenti an acanthocephalan intestinal parasite.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-headed marmoset (revision 1356932074), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q934635 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).