Saddleback tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis)

Also known as:	Andean saddle-back tamarin
Spanish:	Bebeleche, Chichico De Manto Rojo, Chico Bocablanca, Leoncito, Pichico Común

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae
Genus	Saguinus (1)

Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1). Subspecies: Avila Pires' saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis avilapiresi; Cruz Lima’s saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis cruzlimai; Spix’s saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis fuscicollis; Lesson’s saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis fuscus; Illiger’s saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis illigeri; Red-mantle saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis lagonotus; Andean saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis leucogenys; Geoffroy’s saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons and Weddell’s saddle-back tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis weddelli are classified as Least Concern (LC) (1). The tenth subspecies, Lako's saddleback tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis primitivus is classified as Data Deficient (DD) (1).

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• Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

1. IUCN Red List (March, 2010)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org