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Tamarins
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Tamarins

Saguinus

The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Goeldi's monkeys and marmosets.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 25 known species

Oedipomidas

subgenusOedipomidas

Leontocebus

subgenusLeontocebus

Saguinus

subgenusSaguinus

Tamarinus

subgenusTamarinus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tamarins in New Species of Brazilian Monkeys and Bats

New Species of Brazilian Monkeys and Bats

Johann Baptist von Spix (1781-1826) · 1823 · p.139

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