Buffy-tufted-ear marmoset  (Callithrix aurita)

Authentication

Authenticated (16/04/2009) by Matthew Richardson, primatologist and author

Glossary

  • Atlantic Forest: a highly biodiverse region found along the east coast of South America, comprising several different vegetation types, including high-altitude grassland, and lowland and montane forest.
  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Prehensile: capable of grasping.
  • Secondary forest: forest that has re-grown after a major disturbance, such as fire or timber harvest, but has not yet reached the mature state of primary forest.
  • Territory: an area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Emmons, L.H. and Feer, F. (1997) Neotropical Rainforest Mammals.University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  3. CITES (March, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World: Volume 2.Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
  5. Ferrari, S.F., Corrêa, H.K.M. and and Coutinho, P.E.G. (1996) Ecology of the “southern” marmosets (Callithrix aurita and Callithrix flaviceps). In: Norconk, M.A., Rosenberger, A.L., and Garber, P.A. (Eds.) Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates.Plenum Press, New York.
  6. Corrêa, H.K.M., Coutinho, P.E.G. and Ferrari, S.F. (2000) Between-year differences in the feeding ecology of highland marmosets (Callithrix aurita and Callithrix aviceps) in southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Zoological Society of London, 252: 421 - 427.
  7. Martins, M.M. (2000) Foraging over army ants by Callithrix aurita (Primates: Callitrichidae): Seasonal occurence?. Revista de Biología Tropical, 48: 1 - .
  8. Santos, C.V. and Martins, M.M. (2000) Parental care in the buffy-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix aurita) in wild and captive groups. Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 60: 667 - 672.
  9. Coutinho, P.E.G. and Corrêa, H.K.M. (1995) Polygyny in a free ranging group of buffy-tufted-ear-marmosets (Callithrix aurita). Folia Primatologica, 65: 25 - 29.
  10. Conservation International – Biodiversity Hotspots (March, 2009)
    http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/hotspots/atlantic_forest
  11. WWF (March, 2009)
    http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/atlantic_forests.cfm
  12. The Nature Conservancy (March, 2009)
    http://www.nature.org/wherewework/southamerica/brazil/work/art5080.html
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