Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps), recorded as Critically Endangered
Buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Buffy-headed marmoset

Callithrix flaviceps

The buffy-headed marmoset is a rare species of marmoset endemic to the rainforests of south-eastern Brazil.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Callithrix flaviceps
CITES
Appendix I
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Callitrichidae · Callithrix

The primate

The average weight of an adult buffy-headed marmoset can range in weight anywhere between 119g to 710g.

Range and habitat

The buffy-headed marmoset is a rare species of marmoset endemic to the rainforests of south-eastern Brazil. It occurs in southern Espírito Santo and possibly northern Rio de Janeiro and its distribution extends into Minas Gerais.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Common threats include ocelots, green anacondas, and hawks, but many other animals such as toucans prey on them.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Buffy-headed marmoset is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Buffy-headed marmoset, Wikidata item Q1152335. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita), recorded as EndangeredEN

Buffy-tufted marmoset

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Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

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Sumatran orangutan

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Quick answers

What is Buffy-headed marmoset?
Buffy-headed marmoset is a primate in the family Callitrichidae (order Primates) — Callithrix flaviceps.
What is the conservation status of Buffy-headed marmoset?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Callithrix flaviceps. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Buffy-headed marmoset live?
The buffy-headed marmoset is a rare species of marmoset endemic to the rainforests of south-eastern Brazil.
Why is Buffy-headed marmoset in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Callithrix flaviceps?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Buffy-headed marmoset a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.