Leontopithecus rosalia

Leontopithecus rosalia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceboidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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 Cladus: Pan-Primates Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Platyrrhini Superfamilia: Ceboidea

Familia: Callitrichidae
Genus: Leontopithecus
Species: Leontopithecus rosalia

Name

Leontopithecus rosalia (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Type material: lost.
• Type locality: “Brasilia”.

Combinations

• Simia rosalia Linnaeus, 1766: 41 [original combination]
• Leontopithecus rosalia: Gray, 1871: 65 [subsequent combiantion]

Synonyms

• Leontopithecus marikina Lesson, 1840: 200

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Ruiz-Miranda, C.R., Pissinatti, A., Kierulff, M.C.M., Oliveira, L.C., Mittermeier, R.A., Valença-Montenegro, M.M., de Oliveira, P. & Jerusalinsky, L. 2021. IUCN: Leontopithecus rosalia  (Endangered) (amended version of 2019 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T11506A192327291. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T11506A192327291.en. Accessed on 01 July 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Golden Lion Tamarin
• 日本語: ゴールデンライオンタマリン
• português: Mico-leão-dourado
• ไทย: ลิงไลออนทามารินสีทอง

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