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title: "Leontocebus tripartitus"
description: "Saguinus tripartitus — Mammiferi. The golden-mantled tamarin (Leontocebus tripartitus) is a tamarin species from South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/golden-mantle-saddleback-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Leontocebus tripartitus

> Saguinus tripartitus — Mammiferi. The golden-mantled tamarin (Leontocebus tripartitus) is a tamarin species from South America.

- Scientific name: *Saguinus tripartitus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 198
- Wikidata: [Q94699046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94699046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43381](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43381)

## Names

- en: Golden-mantle Saddleback Tamarin
- de: Goldmanteltamarin
- es: Chichico Amarillo
- fr: Tamarin à manteau doré
- it: Leontocebus tripartitus
- nl: Goudmanteltamarin
- pt: Leontocebus tripartitus
- pl: Leontocebus tripartitus

## Countries with the most observations

EC (189)

## Summary

The golden-mantled tamarin (Leontocebus tripartitus) is a tamarin species from South America. It is found in Ecuador and Peru, specifically in the upper Amazon (lowland), east of the Andes in Ecuador, and Northeast Peru; between the Rio Curaray and Rio Napo in Peru.

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

## Photo

![Leontocebus tripartitus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-mantle-saddleback-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138556200

## Machine access

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