Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin vs mountain melick

Leontocebus nigrifrons compared with Melica nutans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Geoffroy's Saddle-back 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 nigrifrons	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin	mountain melick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain melick

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.