Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis. It lives in Loreto, Peru.
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between and with a tail length between and long. Males weigh about and females weight about.
It lives in groups with multiple males and females. It reaches sexual maturity at 18 months. Both males and females emigrate from their natal group. Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin frequently associates with and forms mixed groups with moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax. The two species often sleep in the same tree and both species respond to each others alarm calls.
Its diet consists of fruits, gums, nectar, insects and other small animals.
The IUCN rates it as least concern from a conservation standpoint.
