Mottle-faced tamarin

Mottle-faced tamarin
	Adult and young near Mitú, Colombia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Saguinus
Species:	S. inustus
Binomial name
	Saguinus inustus; (Schwarz, 1951)
	Range of the Mottled-face Tamarin

The mottle-faced tamarin (Saguinus inustus) is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

Interaction With Humans[edit]

Mottle-faced tamarins are not hunted by locals, due to their "small size" and instead some are even kept as pets.^[5]

^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
^ Palacios, E.; Röhe, F.; Stevenson, P.R.; Urbani, B. (2021). "Saguinus inustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T41523A192552160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41523A192552160.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Schwartz, Ernst (1951). "A New Marmoset Monkey From Brazil" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1508): 1–3. hdl:2246/3968.
^ de Souza, Luciane L.; Queiroz, Helder L.; Ayres, José Márcio (2004). "The Mottled-face Tamarin, Saguinus inustus, in the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil". Neotropical Primates. 12 (3): 121–122. doi:10.1896/1413-4705.12.3.121. ISSN 1413-4705. S2CID 87028505.

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