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title: "Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin"
description: "Saguinus bicolor — Mammiferi. The pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor), sometimes referred to as the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin, is a critically endangered species of primate found in a restricted area of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brazilian-bare-faced-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin

> Saguinus bicolor — Mammiferi. The pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor), sometimes referred to as the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin, is a critically endangered species of primate found in a restricted area of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.

- Scientific name: *Saguinus bicolor*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 232
- Wikidata: [Q232625](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232625)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43383](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43383)

## Names

- en: Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin
- de: Zweifarbentamarin
- es: Tamarín bicolor
- fr: Tamarin bicolore
- nl: Mantelaapje
- pt: Soim-de-coleira
- pl: Tamaryna dwubarwna

## Countries with the most observations

BR (164)

## Summary

The pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor), sometimes referred to as the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin, is a critically endangered species of primate found in a restricted area of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. It was named the mascot of Manaus, Brazil in 2005. The species is endangered due to the increasing size of the city of Manaus, which is encroaching on their native habitat.

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

## Photo

![Brazilian Bare-faced Tamarin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brazilian-bare-faced-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121055300

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brazilian-bare-faced-tamarin?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).