White-headed marmoset explained

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina. It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.[1] Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees.[2] It is a host of Pachysentis lenti an acanthocephalan intestinal parasite.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Callithrix geoffroyi - White-headed marmoset . Infonatura . NatureServe . 27 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191217024706/http://infonatura.natureserve.org/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Callithrix+geoffroyi . 17 December 2019.
  2. Caine . N. G. . Mundy . N. I. . 2000 . Demonstration of a foraging advantage for trichromatic marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) dependent on food colour . . 267 . 1442 . 439–444 . 10.1098/rspb.2000.1019 . 10737399 . 1690559 .
  3. Machado-Filho . D.A. . pt . Revision to the genus Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915 (Acanthocephala) . 1950 . Revisão do gênero Prosthenorchis Travassos, 1915 (Acanthocephala) . Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz . 48 . 495–545 . 10.1590/S0074-02761950000100020 . 24539413 . 18 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618162939/https://www.scielo.br/j/mioc/a/BG9rPrJjXvJp9Q8ddGtPM4w/?lang=pt&format=pdf . live. free .

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