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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Concept Breadcrumbs

Taxonomic Hierarchy > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Primates > Cebidae > Callitrichidae > Callithrix > Callithrix penicillata
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animals > vertebrates > mammals > nonhuman primates > Cebidae > Callitrichidae > Callithrix > Callithrix penicillata
Research, Technology, Methods > organisms > animals > vertebrates > mammals > nonhuman primates > Cebidae > Callitrichidae > Callithrix > Callithrix penicillata
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animals > laboratory animals > mammals > nonhuman primates > Cebidae > Callitrichidae > Callithrix > Callithrix penicillata
Research, Technology, Methods > organisms > animals > laboratory animals > mammals > nonhuman primates > Cebidae > Callitrichidae > Callithrix > Callithrix penicillata
Preferred Term:

Callithrix penicillata

Definition:
Monogamous New World monkeys that are native to the forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. They are also known as black-tufted marmoset or black-pencilled marmosets, or mico-estrela in Portuguese.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt-awic
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt-taxon
Broader Concept:
Callithrix
Entry Terms:
  • black-pencilled marmoset
  • Callithrix jacchus penicillata
  • black tufted-ear marmoset
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/243184
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