Black-mantled Tamarin
Saguinus nigricollis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 565
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Description
The black-mantled tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis, is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador. There are 3 subspecies: Spix's black mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis nigricollis Graells's tamarin or Graells' black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi Hernandez-Camacho's black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis hernandezi Graells's tamarin was previously considered to be a separate species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-mantled tamarin”.