Callithrix flaviceps (Thomas, 1903) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12:240.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Rive, Espfrito Santo .

DISTRIBUTION: S Espirito Santo.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: flavescente.

COMMENTS: Accepted as a species by Mittermeier et al. (1988) and Groves (1989). Regarded as a subspecies of aurita by Coimbra-Filho (1990).