Tamarin
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This article is about the New World monkey. For the tropical plant, see Tamarind. For other uses, see Tamarin (disambiguation).
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Tamarins[1][2] | |
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Emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Callitrichidae |
Genus: | Saguinus Hoffmannsegg, 1807 |
Type species | |
Saguinus ursulus Hoffmannsegg, 1807 | |
Species | |
22 species, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Goeldi's monkeys and marmosets.[3]