Silvery-brown Tamarin
Saguinus leucopus
VU
Vulnerable
High risk of extinction in the wild
Source: IUCN Red List
About
The white-footed tamarin (Saguinus leucopus) is a tamarin species endemic to Colombia. It is a silvery brown colour with pale streaks and russet underparts, and is very similar in appearance to the cotton-top tamarin, from which it is separated by the Atrato River. It is thought that the two species diverged during the Pleistocene, at a time when a sea occupied the area between their present ranges. This tamarin is an arboreal species, living in small...
Classification
694
observations on iNaturalist
