Black-mantled Tamarin vs Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Leontocebus nigricollis compared with Pteropus pumilus

Key Differences

• Black-mantled Tamarin is Least Concern while Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-mantled Tamarin	Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Callitrichidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Leontocebus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Leontocebus nigricollis	Pteropus pumilus

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-mantled Tamarin and Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Black-mantled Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-mantled Tamarin	Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-mantled Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-mantled Tamarin

The Black-mantled Tamarin (Leontocebus nigricollis) is a species in the genus Leontocebus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.