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Buffy-headed marmosets 10 years on

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Stephen F. Ferrari  and
Sérgio L. Mendes
Stephen F. Ferrari
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University College London and Departamento de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Caixa Postal 399, 66.040 Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Sérgio L. Mendes
Affiliation:
Museu de Biologia Mello Leitāo - FNPM, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo and Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Abstract

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The buffy-headed marmoset Callithrix flaviceps is among the rarest of Brazil's Atlantic Forest primates and is potentially one of the most endangered by habitat destruction. Rarely seen in captivity, little was known about the species until very recently. Studies carried out during the last 10 years have revealed that these marmosets are not only highly adaptable but are also more widespread than was first thought. There thus seems to be room for cautious optimism for the survival of the species as long as further habitat loss can be minimized.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 105 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1991

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