Hershkovitz's marmoset

The Hershkovitz's marmoset (Mico intermedia), also known as the Aripuanã marmoset is a marmoset species endemic to the south-central Amazon rainforest in Brazil.[1] The common name is a reference to American zoologist Philip Hershkovitz.[4]

Hershkovitz's marmoset[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Callitrichidae
Genus: Mico
Species:
M. intermedia
Binomial name
Mico intermedia
Geographic range

References
  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.
  3. Rylands, A. B. & Silva Jr., J. S. (2008). "Mico intermedius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T39911A10282931. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T39911A10282931.en.
  4. Mittermeier, Russell A. (September 1997). "Philip Hershkovitz - A Remembrance". Primate Info Net. Wisconsin Primate Research Center Library. Retrieved 2009-04-06.


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