vs Mottle-faced Tamarin

Mollisia ramealis compared with Saguinus inustus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mottle-faced Tamarin
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Helotiales (Helotiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Mollisiaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Mollisia	Saguinus
Species	Mollisia ramealis	Saguinus inustus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Mottle-faced Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mottle-faced Tamarin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Mottle-faced Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Mollisia ramealis is a small, grey to olive-grey disc fungus producing cup-shaped apothecia on dead herbaceous and woody plant material. It inhabits temperate forests and hedgerows across Europe, growing on dead twigs and stems. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead plant tissue in moist forest understory environments.