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title: "Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset"
description: "Callithrix aurita — Ssaki. The buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita), also known as the buffy tufted-ear marmoset or white-eared marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in the forests on the Atlantic coast of southeast Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/buffy-tufted-ear-marmoset
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset

> Callithrix aurita — Ssaki. The buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita), also known as the buffy tufted-ear marmoset or white-eared marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in the forests on the Atlantic coast of southeast Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Callithrix aurita*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 419
- Wikidata: [Q1150912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43375](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43375)

## Names

- en: Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset
- de: Weißohrbüschelaffe
- es: Tití de orejas blancas
- fr: Oustiti Oreillard
- nl: Witoorzijdeaapje
- pt: Sagui-da-serra-escuro

## Countries with the most observations

BR (378)

## Summary

The buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita), also known as the buffy tufted-ear marmoset or white-eared marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in the forests on the Atlantic coast of southeast Brazil. Of all the marmosets, it has the southernmost range.
The buffy-tufted marmoset resembles the common marmoset, but is somewhat larger. It has grey-black skin, and the most obvious differences from the common marmoset are its whitish face ("skull-like facial mask",) brown crown, and shorter ear tufts.

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

## Photo

![Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/buffy-tufted-ear-marmoset/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171197297

## Machine access

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