#0327 · 🦊 mammals
Black-tufted-ear Marmoset
🇳🇱 Zwartoorpenseelaapje ·Callithrix penicillata
📍 St. de Habitações Individuais Sul - Lago Sul, Brasília - DF, 70297-400, Brasil
📍 São Luiz, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brasil
📍 Chácara SantaClara - Brasília - DF
📍 Chácara SantaClara - Brasília - DF
📍 Estrela Dalva, MG, Brasil
📍 Q2CP+QC, Lavras - MG, 37200-000, Brasil
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ouwesok · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Fernando Farias · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Miguelrangeljr · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Miguelrangeljr · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. St. de Habitações Individuais Sul - Lago Sul, Brasília - DF, 70297-400, Brasil:© abelardomendesjr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. São Luiz, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brasil:© Fabricio R Santos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Chácara SantaClara - Brasília - DF:© Wallace Carneiro Almeida · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Chácara SantaClara - Brasília - DF:© Wallace Carneiro Almeida · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Estrela Dalva, MG, Brasil:© Stefany da Silva Vieira · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Q2CP+QC, Lavras - MG, 37200-000, Brasil:© Paulo Roberto · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The black-tufted marmoset ( Callithrix penicillata ), also known as Mico-estrela in Portuguese, is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neo-tropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. It ranges from Bahia to Paraná, and as far inland as Goiás, between 14 and 25 degrees south of the equator, and can commonly be seen in the City of Rio de Janeiro. This marmoset typically resides in rainforests, living an arboreal life high in...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,242 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1812 (214 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black-tufted-ear Marmoset
- Nederlands
- Zwartoorpenseelaapje
- scientific name
- Callithrix penicillata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Callitrichidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,242
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1812 by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Callitrichidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43374, Wikidata Q998685, GBIF 5219541, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.