Illiger’s Saddle-back Tamarin
Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus illigeri) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Illiger's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. It is closely related to the Andean saddle-back tamarin. It is endemic to the Peruvian Amazon and its type locality is in Loreto, Peru, at the left bank of the lower Rio Ucayali. Illiger's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 175 millimetres (6.9 in) and 205 millimetres (8.1 in) with a tail length between 300 millimetres (12 in) and 305 millimetres (12.0 in) long. Males weigh about 292 grams (10.3 oz) and females weight about 296 grams (10.4 oz). The IUCN rates it as near threatened from a conservation standpoint.
Yanachaga–chemillén National Park
Palcazu, Peru
+141 birds+14 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes plunge into the Amazon basin, montane cloud forest clings to precipitous terrain […]
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Pampa Hermosa, Peru
+12 birds+16 mammals
Where the eastern Andes descend into the Amazon basin, a vast wilderness of 37,879 square kilometres unfolds across north-central Peru. […]
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