Mottle-faced tamarin

The mottle-faced tamarin (Saguinus inustus) is a species of tamarin from South America. It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

Mottle-faced tamarin[1][2]
Adult and young near Mitú, Colombia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[3]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Saguinus
Species:	S. inustus
Binomial name
Saguinus inustus (Schwarz, 1951)[4]
Range of the Mottled-face Tamarin

Interaction With Humans

Mottle-faced tamarins are not hunted by locals, due to their "small size" and instead some are even kept as pets.^[5]