Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin vs utile

Leontocebus illigeri compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin is Near Threatened while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Callitrichidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Leontocebus	Entandrophragma
Species	Leontocebus illigeri	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.