Mico argentatus

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Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: The species was found to be common near the mouth of the Rio Tapajs (Mittermeier and Coimbra-Filho 1977) in terra firma primary forests and in extensive areas of secondary growth forest (Belterra and Fordlndia, east bank of the Rio Tapajs). Between the rios Xingu and Tocantins, it is largely restricted to the dense lowland forests of the flat Tertiary/Quaternary floodplain of the Amazon, and is limited in the south by the montane and submontane forests of the Brazilian Shield (Ferrari and Lopes Ferrari 1990). Between the rios Xingu and Tapajs it ranges further south, entering mixed open forest. It has been observed in forest patches in Amazonian white-sand savanna at Alter do Cho, south of Santarm, Rio Tapajs (Albernaz and Magnusson 1999).

Sympatric in part of their range with Saguinus niger (see Veracini 1997). Ferrari (1993) indicated that S. niger has the competitive edge in forests on the relatively nutrient poor soils of the Brazilian Shield, and that M. argentatus was a newcomer resulting from a Holocene range expansion of the genus.

Marmosets and tamarins are distinguished from the other monkeys of the New World by their small size, modified claws rather than nails on all digits except the big toe, the presence of two as opposed to three molar teeth in either side of each jaw, and by the occurrence of twin births. They eat fruits, flowers, nectar, plant exudates (gums, saps , latex) and animal prey (including frogs , snails, lizards, spiders and insects). Marmosets have morphological and behavioural adaptations for gouging trees trunks , branches and vines of certain species to stimulate the flow of gum, which they eat, and in some species forms a notable component of the diet (Coimbra-Filho and Mittermeier 1976; Rylands 1984). They live in extended family groups of between four and 15 individuals. Mean group sizes recored by Gonalves et al. (2003) in four localities in the west of its tnage were as follows: 1) 5.3 1.3; 2) 5.0 0.9; 3) 5.6 2.1; and 3) 7.6 1.2. The group studied by Veracini (1997) and Tavares (Tavares and Ferrari 2002) on the Rio Curu ranged from eight to 10 individuals. Generally, only one female per group breeds during a particular breeding season . The groups defend home ranges 10-40 ha, the size depending on availability and distribution of foods and second-growth patches. Tavares (1999) recorded a range size of 11.8 ha over 6 months.

Ecological and behavioural studies have been carried out by Veracini (1997), Tavares and Ferrari (2002) in dense lowand rain forest on the Rio Curu at the Ferreira Pena Scientific Station at Caxiuan, Par., and by Albernaz and Magnusson (1999) and Corra (2006) in savanna forest patches at Alter do Cho, near Santarm.

Group sizes known to range from 4 to 11 individuals at Alter do Cho, near Santarm (Albernaz and Magnusson 1999; Corra et al. 2002; Corra 2006;).

Siize:
Weight 273-435 g.[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.2     Savanna - Moist   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Previously in the genus Callithrix (see Rylands et al. 1993, 2000, 2008). Groves (2001, 2005) lists this species as Callithrix (Mico) argentata.

Hershkovitz (1977) believed that Mico emiliae (Thomas, 1920) - type locality , Maloca, upper Rio Curu, (illustrated by Cruz Lima, 1945) - was a dark form of M. argentatus. Rylands et al. (1993, 2000, 2008) listed M. emiliae as a distinct species.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mico

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. acariensis (Rio Acar? Marmoset) · M. argentatus (Silvery Marmoset) · M. chrysoleucus (Golden-White Tassel-Ear Marmoset) · M. emiliae (Snethlage's Marmoset) · M. humeralifer (Black And White Tassel-Ear Marmoset) · M. humilis (Black-Crowned Dwarf Marmoset) · M. intermedius (Aripuan? Marmoset) · M. leucippe (Golden-White Bare-Ear Marmoset) · M. manicorensis (Manicor? Marmoset) · M. marcai (Marcas Marmoset) · M. mauesi (Mau?s Marmoset) · M. melanurus (Black-Tailed Marmoset) · M. nigriceps (Black-Headed Marmoset) · M. rondoni (Rondons Marmoset) · M. saterei (Sater? Marmoset)

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Further Reading

• Albernaz, A. L. and Magnusson, W. E. 1999. Home-range size of the bare-ear marmoset (Callithrix argentata) at Alter do Cho, central Amazonia, Brazil. International Journal of Primatology 20(5): 665-677.
• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Coimbra-Filho, A. F. and Mittermeier, R. A. 1976. Exudate-eating and tree-gouging in marmosets. Nature, London 262: 630.
• Corra, H. K. M. 2006. Ecologia de dois grupos de sagis-brancos, Mico argentatus (Linnaeus, 1771 em um fragmento florestal natural, Santarm, Par. Doctoral Thesis, Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi.
• Corra, H. K. M., Coutinho, P. E. G. and Ferrari, S. F. 2002. Dieta de grupos de Mico argentatus em fragmentos naturais de Alter do Cho, Santarm, Par. Livro de Resumos: X Congresso Brasileiro de Primatologia, X Congresso Brasileiro de Primatologia: 46. Belm, Par, Brazil.
• Eisenberg, J.F. and Redford, K.H. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Central Neotropics, Volume 3: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Ferrari, S. F. 1993. Ecological differentiation in the Callitrichidae. In: A. B. Rylands (ed.), Marmosets and Tamarins: Systematics, Behaviour, and Ecology, pp. 314-328. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
• Ferrari, S. F. 2008. Gnero Mico Lesson 1840. In: N. R. dos Reis, A. L. Peracchi and F. R. Andrade (eds), Primatas Brasileiros, pp. 59-75. Technical Books, Londrina, Paran.
• Ferrari, S. F. and Lopes Ferrari, M. A. 1990. A survey of primates in central Par. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi. Zoologia 6(2): 169-179.
• Ferrari, S. F. and Lopes, M. A. 1996. Primate populations in eastern Amazonia. Plenum Press, New York, USA.
• Ferrari, S.F. and Lopes, M.A. 1996. Primate populations in eastern Amazonia. In: M.A. Norconk, A.L. Rosenberger and P.A. Garber (eds). Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates, pp. 53-67. Plenum Press, New York.
• Gonalves, E. C., Ferrari, S. F., Silva, A. L. C, Coutinho, P. E. G., Menezes, E. V. and Schneider, M. P. C. 2003. Effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability of silvery marmosets, Mico argentatus. In: L. K. Marsh (ed.), Primates in Fragments: Ecology and Conservation, pp. 17-28. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, USA.
• Groves, C. P. 2001. Primate taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA.
• Groves, C. P. 2005. Order Primates. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 111-184. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• Groves, C.P. 2001. The Taxonomy of Primates. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
• Hershkovitz, P. 1977. Living New World monkeys (Platyrrhini), with an introduction to Primates. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.
• IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.
• Martins, E. S., Ayres, J. M. and do Valle, M. B. R. 1988. On the status of Ateles belzebuth marginatus with notes on the other primates of the Iriri river basin. Primate Conservation 9: 87-91.
• Mittermeier, R. A. and Coimbra-Filho, A. F. 1977. Primate conservation in Brazilian Amazonia. In: Prince Rainier III of Monaco and G. H. Bourne (eds), Primate Conservation, pp. 117-166. Academic Press, New York, USA.
• Pimenta, F. E. and da Silva Jr., J. S. 2005. An update on the distribution of primates of the Tapajs-Xingu interfluvium, Central Amazonia. Neotropical Primates 13(2): 23-28.
• Rylands, A. B. 1984. Exudate-eating and tree-gouging by marmosets (Callitrichidae, Primates). In: A. C. Chadwick and S. L. Sutton (eds), Tropical Rain Forest: The Leeds Symposium, pp. 155168. Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds, UK.
• Rylands, A. B., Coimbra-Filho, A. F. and Mittermeier, R. A. 1993. Systematics, distributions, and some notes on the conservation status of the Callitrichidae. In: A. B. Rylands (ed.), Marmosets and Tamarins: Systematics, Behaviour and Ecology, pp. 11-77. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
• Rylands, A. B., Mittermeier, R. A. and Coimbra-Filho, A. F. 2008. The systematics and distributions of the marmosets (Callithrix, Callibella, Cebuella, and Mico) and callimico (Callimico) (Callitrichidae, Primates). In: S. M. Ford, L. C. Davis and L. Porter (eds), The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation, Springer, New York, USA.
• Rylands, A. B., Schneider, H., Langguth, A., Mittermeier, R. A., Groves, C. P. and Rodrguez-Luna, E. 2000. An assessment of the diversity of New World primates. Neotropical Primates 8(2): 61-93.
• Rylands, A.B., Coimbra-Filho, A.F. and Mittermeier, R.A. 1993. Systematics, distributions, and some notes on the conservation status of the Callitrichidae. In: A.B. Rylands (ed.). Marmosets and Tamarins: Systematics, Behaviour and Ecology pp.11-77. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Tavares, L. I. 1999. Estratgias de forrageio de um grupo silvestre de sagi branco (Callithrix argentata Linnaeus, 1771) na Estao Cientfica Ferreira Penna Par. Masters Thesis, Universidade Federal do Par.
• Tavares, L. I. and Ferrari, S. F. 2002. Diet of the silvery marmoset (Callithrix argentata). In: P. L. B. Lisboa (ed.), Caxiuan: Populaces Tradicionais, Meio Fsico e Diversidade Biolgica, pp. 705-717. Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi, Belm, Brazil.
• Vaz, S. M. 2001. Primatas da regio do rio Tapajs, Par, Brasil. Neotropical Primates 9(2): 54-57.
• Veracini, C. 1997. O comportamento alimentar de Callithrix argentata (Linnaeus 1771) (Primata, Callitrichinae). In: P. L. B. Lisboa (ed.), Caxiuaa, pp. 437446. Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi, Belm, Brazil.
• da Cruz Lima, E. 1945. Mammals of Amaznia, Vol. 1. General Introduction and Primates. Contribuies do Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi de Histria Natural e Etnografia, Belm do Par, Brazil.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 2, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Rylands, A.B. & Silva Jr., J.S. 2008. Mico argentatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Rylands, A.B., Bampi, M.I., Chiarello, A.G., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Mendes, S.L. & Marcelino, M. 2003. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• IUCN ID: 223118
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026278

Footnotes

1. Rylands, A.B. & Silva Jr., J.S. 2008. Mico argentatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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