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title: "Witgezichtoeistiti"
description: "Callithrix geoffroyi — Zoogdieren. The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/geoffroy-s-tufted-ear-marmoset
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witgezichtoeistiti

> Callithrix geoffroyi — Zoogdieren. The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina.

- Scientific name: *Callithrix geoffroyi*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1168
- Wikidata: [Q934635](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934635)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43372](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43372)

## Names

- en: Geoffroy’s Tufted-ear Marmoset
- de: Weißkopfbüscheläffchen
- es: Tití de cabeza blanca
- fr: Ouistiti de Geoffroy
- nl: Witgezichtoeistiti
- pt: Sagui-de-cara-branca

## Countries with the most observations

BR (996)

## Summary

The white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais, and introduced to Santa Catarina. It is known as the sagüi or sauim in Brazil. Its diet consists of fruits, insects, and the gum of trees. It is a host of Pachysentis lenti an acanthocephalan intestinal parasite.

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

## Photo

![Witgezichtoeistiti](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/geoffroy-s-tufted-ear-marmoset/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lucas Rodrigues · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338094471

## Machine access

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