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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Primates
  3. Cebidae
  4. Callitrichidae
  5. Callithrix
  6. Callithrix penicillata
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. nonhuman primates
  3. Cebidae
  4. Callitrichidae
  5. Callithrix
  6. Callithrix penicillata
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nonhuman primates
  3. Cebidae
  4. Callitrichidae
  5. Callithrix
  6. Callithrix penicillata
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. nonhuman primates
  3. Cebidae
  4. Callitrichidae
  5. Callithrix
  6. Callithrix penicillata
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nonhuman primates
  3. Cebidae
  4. Callitrichidae
  5. Callithrix
  6. Callithrix penicillata

Preferred term

Callithrix penicillata

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Monogamous New World monkeys that are native to the forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. They are also known as black-tufted marmoset or black-pencilled marmosets, or mico-estrela in Portuguese.

    Source: AWIC

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • black-pencilled marmoset
  • black tufted-ear marmoset
  • Callithrix jacchus penicillata

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/243184

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