The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Saguinus geoffroyi

 – Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: PRIMATES
Family: CALLITRICHIDAE
Scientific Name: Saguinus geoffroyi
Species Authority: (Pucheran, 1845)
Common Name/s:
EnglishGEOFFROY'S TAMARIN
SpanishTAMARÍN

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LC    ver 3.1 (2001)
Year Assessed: 2003
Assessor/s: Cuarón, A.D., de Grammont, P.C., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Wong, G., Silva , J.C.S., Delfer, T.D., & Rodríguez-M, J.V.
Evaluator/s: Rylands, A.B. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Primate Red List Authority)
Justification: Saguinus geoffroyi has a relatively restricted range. There is some use of the species as pets. Distribution is larger than 20,000 km². The species adapts to modified environments in a region where natural vegetation still predominates and without any strong indication of change. Currently assessed as Least Concern.
History:
1996-Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Colombia; Panama


Regionally extinct:

Costa Rica

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Bibliography

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Rodríguez-Luna, E., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Mittermeier, R.A. and Rylands, A.B. 1996. Plan de Acción para los Primates Mesoamericanos. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 121pp.

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Citation: Cuarón, A.D., de Grammont, P.C. de, Cortés-Ortiz, L., Wong, G., Silva , J.C.S., Delfer, T.D., & Rodríguez-M, J.V. 2003. Saguinus geoffroyi. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 August 2008.
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