Black-mantled Tamarin vs River False Buttonweed

Leontocebus nigricollis compared with Spermacoce tenuior

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-mantled Tamarin	River False Buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Callitrichidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Leontocebus	Spermacoce
Species	Leontocebus nigricollis	Spermacoce tenuior

Conservation Status

Black-mantled Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

River False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-mantled Tamarin	River False Buttonweed
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.

River False Buttonweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, and Madagascar.

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.