Callithrix argentata (Linnaeus, 1766) . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:40.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Para, Cameta, on banks of Rio Tocantins .

DISTRIBUTION: N. and C. Brazil; E. Bolivia.

COMMENT: Includes melanura and lucippe; see Hershkovitz, 1977:436.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Primates .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301406007002001001.