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title: "Black-tufted-ear Marmoset"
description: "Callithrix penicillata — Mammals. The black-tufted marmoset is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neotropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-tufted-ear-marmoset
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-tufted-ear Marmoset

> Callithrix penicillata — Mammals. The black-tufted marmoset is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neotropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau.

- Scientific name: *Callithrix penicillata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 5131
- Wikidata: [Q998685](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q998685)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43374](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43374)

## Names

- en: Black-tufted-ear Marmoset
- de: Schwarzbüscheläffchen
- es: Tití de pincel negro
- fr: Ouistiti à pinceaux noirs
- nl: Zwartoorpenseelaapje
- pt: Sagui-de-tufos-pretos
- pl: Uistiti czarnoczuba

## Countries with the most observations

BR (4507)

## Summary

The black-tufted marmoset is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neotropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. It ranges from Bahia to Paraná, and as far inland as Goiás, between 14°S and 25°S, and can commonly be seen in the Rio de Janeiro city where it was introduced. This marmoset typically resides in rainforests, living an arboreal life high in the trees, below the canopy. They are only rarely spotted near the ground.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tufted_marmoset

## Photo

![Black-tufted-ear Marmoset](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tufted-ear-marmoset/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francisco Lelis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340946034

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tufted-ear-marmoset?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).