The black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix penicillata), also known as Mico-estrela in Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese

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, is a species

Species

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 of New World monkey

New World monkey

New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Platyrrhini parvorder and the Ceboidea superfamily, which are essentially synonymous since...

 that lives primarily in the Neo-tropical

Neotropic

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 gallery forests of the Brazil

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ian Central Plateau. It ranges from Bahia

Bahia

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 to Paraná

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, and as far inland as Goiás

Goiás

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, between 14

14th parallel south

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 and 25 degrees south

25th parallel south

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 of the equator

Equator

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. This marmoset

Marmoset

Marmosets are the 22 New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, and Mico. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The term marmoset is also used in reference to the Goeldi's Monkey, Callimico goeldii, which is closely related.Most marmosets...

 typically resides in rainforest

Rainforest

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s, living an arboreal life high in the trees, but below the canopy. They are only rarely spotted near the ground.
The black-tufted marmoset is characterized by black tufts of hair around their ears.