Martins's tamarin

Martins's tamarin (Saguinus martinsi), also called Martin's ochraceous bare-face tamarin, is a species of tamarin endemic to Brazil. It is a monkey of the genus Saguinus in the family Callitrichidae and has two subspecies, Saguinus martinsi martinsi, known as Martin's bare-face tamarin, and Saguinus martinsi ochraceus, the ochraceous bare-faced tamarin. Both subspecies were formerly considered subspecies of the pied tamarin, Saguinus bicolor, and were listed as Saguinus bicolor martinsi and Saguinus bicolor ochraceus before being raised to a species of their own. The common names refer to the pale, nearly bare face shared by these tamarins. Like other tamarins it is a small New World primate of the Amazon region, and the species is known mainly from its taxonomic history rather than from detailed field studies.