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Taxon: Genus Callithrix Erxleben, 1777 - marmosets (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Erxleben, 1777:xxxi, 44, 45.
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Types

Type of: Callitrichinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type of: Callitrichini (Tribe) Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type of: Callitrichoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 352. [new] [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Callithrix (Subgenus) Erxleben, 1777

Variants

Different spelling: Calithrix (Genus) Andrezejowski, 1839 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Calletrix (Genus) Fleming, 1822 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Callitrix (Genus) Cuvier, 1800 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Hapale (Genus) Illiger, 1811 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Sagoinus (Genus) Kerr, 1792 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: Mico (Genus) Lesson, 1840 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993: 251.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zijdeaapjes
: oeistiti's
: penseelaapjes

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: marmosets
: short-tusked marmosets
: titis
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