tamarin

A marmoset of genus Saguinus (10 species); lower canine teeth longer than incisors; eats fruit and small animals; also known as long-tusked marmoset. The name is also used for Leontopithecus rosalia (golden lion tamarin, golden marmoset, or lion-headed marmoset).

The tamarins are any of the squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Cebidae, classified as the genus Saguinus. nigricollis group Black-mantled Tamarin, Saguinus nigricollis Spix's Black-mantled Tamarin, Saguinus nigricollis nigricollis Hernandez-Camacho's Black-mantled Tamarin Saguinus nigricollis hernandezi Graells's Tamarin, Saguinus graellsi Brown-mantled Tamarin or Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis Spix's Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis fuscicollis Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis illigeri Andean Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis leucogenys Red-mantle Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis lagonotus Saguinus fuscicollis fuscus Avila Pires' Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis avilapiresi Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis weddelli Cruz Lima's Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis cruzlimai Saddle-back Tamarin, Saguinus fuscicollis primitivus White-mantled Tamarin, Saguinus melanoleucus Golden-mantled Tamarin, Saguinus tripartitus S.