Leontopithecus caissara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceboidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Platyrrhini Superfamilia: Ceboidea

Leontopithecus caissara Lorini & Persson, 1990: 2

Holotype: MNRJ 28861, subadult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Maria Lucia Lorini and Vanessa G. Persson on 25 February 1990.
Type locality: “BRASIL, PARANÁ, Municxpio de Guaraqueçaba, Ilha de Superagüi, Barra do Ararapira (c.25°18'S, 48°11'W) ... "Caxetal" prôximo à praia (altitude 5m), entre a floresta de baixada e a restinga arbôrea”.

Lorini, M.L. & Persson, V.G. 1990. Nova espécie de Leontopithecus Lesson, 1840, do sul do Brasil (Primates, Callitrichidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional. Zoologia 338: 1–14. Reference page.

Ludwig, G., Nascimento, A.T.A., Miranda, J.M.D., Martins, M., Jerusalinsky, L. & Mittermeier, R.A. 2021. IUCN: Leontopithecus caissara (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T11503A206547044. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T11503A206547044.en. Accessed on 10 March 2026.