Authority citation: Humboldt, A. von. 1812-08-07. Tableau synoptique des singes de l'Amérique. Pp. 353–363 in Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. (eds.). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186551
Original name as described: Simia penicillata
Nominal names: penicillata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in von Humboldt, 1812) | melanotis (Lesson, 1840) [nomen novum] | trigonifera (H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1862) | jordani O. Thomas, 1904
Other common names: Black-penciled Marmoset|Black-tufted Marmoset
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Callitrichidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: lost (number not known)
Type locality: Brazil. Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to Lamarão, near Salvador, Bahia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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