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title: "Illiger’s Saddle-back Tamarin"
description: "Saguinus illigeri — Mammals. Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus illigeri) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/illiger-s-saddle-back-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Illiger’s Saddle-back Tamarin

> Saguinus illigeri — Mammals. Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus illigeri) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America.

- Scientific name: *Saguinus illigeri*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 117
- Wikidata: [Q92275767](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92275767)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1368629](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1368629)

## Names

- en: Illiger’s Saddle-back Tamarin
- de: Schwarzkopftamarin
- es: Leontocebus illigeri
- fr: Tamarin d'Illiger
- it: Leontocebus illigeri
- nl: Illigers zadelrugtamarin
- pt: Leontocebus illigeri
- pl: Leontocebus illigeri

## Countries with the most observations

PE (97)

## Summary

Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus illigeri) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America.  Illiger's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.  It is closely related to the Andean saddle-back tamarin.  It is endemic to the Peruvian Amazon and its type locality is in Loreto, Peru, at the left bank of the lower Rio Ucayali.
Illiger's saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 175 millimetres (6.9 in) and 205 millimetres (8.1 in) with a tail length between 300 millimetres (12 in) and 305 millimetres…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illiger%27s_saddle-back_tamarin

## Photo

![Illiger’s Saddle-back Tamarin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/illiger-s-saddle-back-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331422058

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/illiger-s-saddle-back-tamarin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).