Callimico

E815505

Callimico is a small South American New World monkey genus best known for the Goeldi's monkey, which combines traits of both marmosets and tamarins.

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Callimico canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
species
taxon
activityPattern diurnal
belongsToClade New World monkeys
class Mammalia
commonName Goeldi’s marmoset
linked to: Goeldi’s monkey

Goeldi’s marmoset genus
Goeldi’s monkey
Goeldi’s monkey genus
containsTaxon Callimico goeldii
describedAs small South American New World monkey genus
diet omnivorous
dietIncludes fruits
fungi
insects
family Callitrichidae
geographicDistribution South America
habitat tropical rainforest
understory of Amazonian forests
hasConservationRelevance yes
infraorder Simiiformes
kingdom Animalia
languageOfName Neo-Latin
linked to: New Latin
locomotion arboreal
namedAfter Emílio Goeldi
nativeTo Amazon Basin
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
notableFor combining traits of both marmosets and tamarins
order Primates
parentTaxon Callimico
parvorder Platyrrhini
linked to: New World monkeys
phylum Chordata
reproduction typically single offspring per birth
sharesTraitsWith marmosets
tamarins
socialStructure small groups
suborder Haplorhini
taxonAuthor Ernst Schwarz
Oldfield Thomas
taxonRank genus
typeSpecies Callimico goeldii

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Callitrichidae includesGenus Callimico
Callimico goeldii parentTaxon Callimico
subject linked to: Callimico