Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin vs Red melastome

Leontocebus fuscus compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Callitrichidae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Leontocebus	Melastoma
Species	Leontocebus fuscus	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin	Red melastome
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.