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title: "Eastern Black-handed Tamarin"
description: "Saguinus ursula — Mammiferi. The eastern black-handed tamarin (Saguinus ursulus) is a species of tamarin endemic to Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-black-handed-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Black-handed Tamarin

> Saguinus ursula — Mammiferi. The eastern black-handed tamarin (Saguinus ursulus) is a species of tamarin endemic to Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Saguinus ursula*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 96
- Wikidata: [Q15843769](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15843769)
- iNaturalist taxon: [901356](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/901356)

## Names

- en: Eastern Black-handed Tamarin
- de: Schwarzer Tamarin
- es: Tamarino
- fr: Tamarin nègre
- nl: Oostelijke zwarthandtamarin

## Countries with the most observations

BR (90)

## Summary

The eastern black-handed tamarin (Saguinus ursulus) is a species of tamarin endemic to Brazil.

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

## Photo

![Eastern Black-handed Tamarin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-black-handed-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Baptiste Meunier (1786-1856) · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oeuvres_compl%C3%A8tes_de_Buffon_Plate_454_Saguinus_midas.jpg

## Machine access

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