Tamarin
| Tamarins | |
|---|---|
| Emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Saguinus Hoffmannsegg, 1807 |
| Type species | |
| Saguinus ursulus Hoffmannsegg, 1807 | |
| Species | |
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22 species, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Goeldi's monkeys and marmosets.