Black-mantled Tamarin vs mountain melick

Leontocebus nigricollis compared with Melica nutans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-mantled Tamarin	mountain melick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Callitrichidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Leontocebus	Melica
Species	Leontocebus nigricollis	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Black-mantled Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-mantled Tamarin	mountain melick
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.

mountain melick

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.