Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin vs slender thistle

Leontocebus illigeri compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Callitrichidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Leontocebus	Carduus
Species	Leontocebus illigeri	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.