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title: "Leontocebus leucogenys"
description: "Saguinus leucogenys — Mamíferos. The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/andean-saddle-back-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Leontocebus leucogenys

> Saguinus leucogenys — Mamíferos. The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America.

- Scientific name: *Saguinus leucogenys*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 78
- Wikidata: [Q20181720](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20181720)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1368625](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1368625)

## Names

- en: Andean Saddle-back Tamarin
- de: Anden-Sattelrückentamarin
- es: Leontocebus leucogenys
- fr: Tamarin des Andes
- it: Leontocebus leucogenys
- nl: Andeszadelrugtamarin
- pt: Leontocebus leucogenys
- pl: Leontocebus leucogenys

## Countries with the most observations

PE (64)

## Summary

The Andean saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus leucogenys) is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. The Andean saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, L. fuscicollis.  It is closely related to Illiger's saddle-back tamarin.  It is endemic to Peru and its type locality is in the Department of Huanuco, Peru.
The Andean saddle-back tamarin has a head and body length of between 205 millimetres (8.1 in) and 230 millimetres (9.1 in) with a tail length between 305 millimetres (12.0 in) and 330 millimetres (13 in) long.   It weighs between…

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

## Photo

![Leontocebus leucogenys](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/andean-saddle-back-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Manuel Roncal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/392813083

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/andean-saddle-back-tamarin?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).