Illiger's saddle-back tamarin

Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus illigeri) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Illiger's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.^[2][3] It is closely related to the Andean saddle-back tamarin.^[3] It is endemic to the Peruvian Amazon and its type locality is in Loreto, Peru, at the left bank of the lower Rio Ucayali.^[2][3]

Illiger's saddle-back tamarin
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Leontocebus
Species:	L. illigeri
Binomial name
Leontocebus illigeri (Pucheran, 1845)
Range of the Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Illiger's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 175 millimetres (6.9 in) and 205 millimetres (8.1 in) with a tail length between 300 millimetres (12 in) and 305 millimetres (12.0 in) long.^[3] Males weigh about 292 grams (10.3 oz) and females weight about 296 grams (10.4 oz).^[3]

The IUCN rates it as near threatened from a conservation standpoint.^[1]