Callithrix

See also: callithrix

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin callĭthrix, from Ancient Greek καλή (kalḗ, “beautiful”) + θρῐ́ξ (thrĭ́x, “hair”).

Proper noun

Callithrix f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Callitrichidae – Atlantic marmosets, of the Atlantic Forest of southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and far northern Argentina.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Callitrichidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset) - type species; Callithrix penicillata (black-tufted marmoset), Callithrix kuhlii (Wied's marmoset), Callithrix geoffroyi (white-headed marmoset), Callithrix flaviceps (buffy-headed marmoset), Callithrix aurita (buffy-tufted marmoset) - other species

References

• Callithrix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Callithrix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Callithrix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons