Callithrix (Mico) melanura E. Geoffroy 1812

Callithrix (Mico) melanura E. Geoffroy 1812, Rec. Observ. Zool., 1: 361.

Type Locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Cuiaba.

Vernacular Names: Black-tailed Marmoset.

Synonyms: Callithrix (Mico) leucomerus (Gray 1846); Callithrix (Mico) leukeurin (Natterer in Pelzeln 1883) .

Distribution: S Brazil, between the Rios Aripuanã and Juruena, southwest to the Rio Beni in Bolivia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II.

Discussion: Subgenus Mico . Separated from C. argentata by de Vivo (1991).