Callithrix (Mico) argentata (Linnaeus 1771)

[Simia] argentata Linnaeus 1771, Mantissa Plantarum, Vol. 2, Appendix: 521.

Type Locality: Brazil, Pará, Cametá, on banks of Rio Tocantins.

Vernacular Names: Silvery Marmoset.

Distribution: N and C Brazil, E Bolivia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern as Mico argentata .

Discussion: Subgenus Mico . Includes emiliae, melanura and leucippe according to Hershkovitz (1977:436), and intermedius (Ávila-Pires, 1985). De Vivo (1985) recognized emiliae (Thomas, 1920) as a full species; Coimbra-Filho (1990) recognized emiliae and intermedius as distinct species; Groves (2001 c) recognized all these and others, subsequently described, as distinct species.