Saguinus mystax Spix 1823

Saguinus mystax Spix 1823, Sim. Vespert. Brasil.: 29.

Type Locality: Brazil, Amazonas, between Solimões River and Iça River.

Vernacular Names: Moustached Tamarin.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Saguinus mystax subsp. mystax Spix 1823

Subspecies Saguinus mystax subsp. pluto Lönnberg 1926

Distribution: W Brazil, Peru, south of Amazon-Solimoes-Marañon, between lower Rio Huallaga and Rio Madeira.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: S. mystax species group. See Hershkovitz (1977:700); but does not include pileatus (see Groves, 2001 c:143-4).