White-headed marmoset

White-headed marmoset
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Callithrix
Species:	C. geoffroyi
Binomial name
Callithrix geoffroyi (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)
White-headed marmoset range
Synonyms
C. albifrons Thunberg, 1819 C. leucocephalus Humboldt, 1812 C. leucogenys Gray, 1870 C. maximiliani Reichenbach, 1862 C. melanotis Lesson, 1840

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil.

One of the more common callitrichids in captivity, many zoos keep and breed the species. In fact, some zoos have to use birth-control methods for them.

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