Marca's marmoset

The Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã-Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil.^[5] Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about 9 inches (23 cm) long, excluding the tail, and it has a 15-inch (38 cm) long tail. It weighs about 12 ounces (340 g).

Marca's marmoset^[1]^[2]
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Mico
Species:	M. marcai
Binomial name
*Mico marcai* Alperin, 1993

Marca's marmoset range
Synonyms
Mico manicorensis van Roosmalen et al., 2000^[4]

It was previously thought to be virtually unknown; in 2008 the IUCN noted that it had never been seen in the wild,^[3] though it has been observed since then.^[6]^[7] However, later studies found the Manicore marmoset (Mico manicorensis), discovered in the Campos Amazônicos National Park in 2000, to be conspecific with M. marcai, and thus both were synonymized.^[5]^[3]

^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

^ Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA (2009). "The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini)". In Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, Strier KB (eds.). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer. pp. 23–54. ISBN 978-0-387-78704-6.

^ ^a ^b ^c da Silva, F.; Mittermeier, R.A. & Bicca-Marques, J. (21 February 2021). "Mico marcai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39914A166609473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T39914A166609473.en.

^ van Roosmalen, M. G. M.; van Roosmalen, T.; Mittermeier, R. A.; Rylands, A. B. (2000). "Two new species of marmoset, genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 (Callitrichidae, Primates), from the Tapajós/Madeira interfluvium, South Central Amazonia, Brazil". Neotropical Primates. 8: 2–18.

^ ^a ^b Garbino, G.S.T. (2014). "The Taxonomic Status of Mico marcai (Alperin 1993) and Mico manicorensis (van Roosmalen et al. 2000) (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) from Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia". International Journal of Primatology. 35 (2): 529–546. doi:10.1007/s10764-014-9766-4. ISSN 1573-8604. S2CID 18578794.

^ Davis, B. (2010) Sightings from Amazonian Brazil – Primates and Short-eared Dog.

^ Silva, et al. (2013) "Rediscovery of Marca's marmoset and the challenges for its conservation."

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