White-headed marmoset

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White-headed marmoset[1]

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Callithrix
Species:
C. geoffroyi
Binomial name
Callithrix geoffroyi
(Humboldt, 1812)
White-headed marmoset range
Synonyms
  • C. albifrons (Thunberg, 1819)
  • C. leucocephalus (Humboldt, 1812)
  • C. leucogenys (Gray, 1870)
  • C. maximiliani (Reichenbach, 1862)
  • C. melanotis (Lesson, 1840)

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a

Pachysentis lenti an acanthocephalan intestinal parasite.[5]

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