Callitrichidae (family)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Primates (order) > Simiiformes (infraorder)
Descripción
Family containing four genera, 27 or more living species of marmosets and tamarins of South and Central America. There are three fossil species in three extinct genera dating from the Early Miocene to Holocene. Some classifications list this as a subfamily of Cebidae.
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Otros términos
- marmosets and tamarins [en]
- Callitrichinae [en]
- Callitrichinae [la]