Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin vs Lagos-rubber

Leontocebus illigeri compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin is Near Threatened while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Callitrichidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Leontocebus	Funtumia
Species	Leontocebus illigeri	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.