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title: "Leontocebus nigricollis"
description: "Saguinus nigricollis — Mamíferos. The black-mantled tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis, is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-mantled-tamarin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leontocebus nigricollis

> Saguinus nigricollis — Mamíferos. The black-mantled tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis, is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador.

- Scientific name: *Saguinus nigricollis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 929
- Wikidata: [Q94697916](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94697916)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43386](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43386)

## Names

- en: Black-mantled Tamarin
- de: Schwarzrückentamarin
- es: Chichico De Manto Negro
- fr: Tamarin à manteau noir
- it: Leontocebus nigricollis
- nl: Zwartrugtamarin
- pt: Leontocebus nigricollis
- pl: Leontocebus nigricollis

## Countries with the most observations

EC (608), CO (145), PE (72), BR (3)

## Summary

The black-mantled tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis, is a species of saddle-back tamarin from the northwestern Amazon in far western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, north-eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador.
There are 3 subspecies:

Spix's black mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis nigricollis
Graells's tamarin or Graells' black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis graellsi
Hernandez-Camacho's black-mantle tamarin, Leontocebus nigricollis hernandezi
Graells's tamarin was previously considered to be a separate species.

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

## Photo

![Leontocebus nigricollis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-mantled-tamarin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129634357

## Machine access

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