White-headed Marmoset

White-headed Marmoset

Taxobox
name = White-headed MarmosetMSW3 Groves|pages=130]
status = LC
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Rylands "et al"|year=2000|id=3572|title=Callithrix geoffroyi|downloaded=11 May 2006 Listed as Vulnerable (VU B1+2b, C2a v2.3)]


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cebidae
genus = "Callithrix"
species = "C. geoffroyi"
binomial = "Callithrix geoffroyi"
binomial_authority = (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)

The White-headed Marmoset ("Callithrix geoffroyi"), also known as the Tufted-ear Marmoset or Geoffrey's Marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil.

One of the more common cebids in captivity, many zoos keep and breed the species. In fact, some zoos have to use methods of stopping their animals' breeding.fact|date=April 2008

References

External links

* ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Callithrix_geoffroyi/ images and movies of Geoffroy's marmoset "(Callithrix geoffroyi)"]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]


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