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Pied Tamarin
Conservation status: Critical
Pied Tamarin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Saguinus
Species: S. bicolor
Binomial name
Saguinus bicolor
(Spix, 1823)

The Pied Tamarin is an endangered primate species found in a restricted area in the Brazilian Amazon Forest. From IUCN image collection. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. ... Genera Callithrix Leontopithecus Saguinus Callimico Cebus Saimiri The Cebidae form one of the four families of New World monkeys now recognised. ... Species 17 species, see text The tamarins are any of the squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Cebidae, classified as the genus Saguinus. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature refers to the formal method of naming species. ... Johann Baptist von Spix (February 9, 1781 - March 14, 1826) was a German naturalist. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. ... A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is a rainforest in South America. ...

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Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor) (417 words)
The pied tamarin has nonopposable thumbs and the nails of the digits are claw-like except for the first digit on each toe.
The pied tamarin is found in the country of Brazil.
in Marmosets and Tamarins: Systematics, Behaviour, and Ecology.
Identification (310 words)
pied bare-faced tamarin, or bicolored tamarin, as it is more commonly known is a member of the family Callitrichadae, which are the smallest among New World Anthropoids.
The name, pied bare-faced tamarin was given for the obvious physical markings on the face and coat.
The bicolored tamarins are quadrupedal, arboreal, diurnal animals.
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