Biogeography of the marmosets and tamarins (Callitrichidae)
Abstract
Callitrichids originated from a widespread ancestor spanning the Amazon and Atlantic Forest at 14Ma. Vicariant, dispersal and range contraction events led to modern callitrichid distributions. Callithrix invaded the Atlantic Forest at ∼4Ma, and expanded into Cerrado and Caatinga ∼1Ma. The genus Saguinus consists of two morphologically distinct clades that diverged 9Ma. We recommend the split of tamarins into two genera, Leontocebus and Saguinus.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- January 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.031
- Bibcode:
- 2015MolPE..82..413B
- Keywords:
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- Biogeography;
- Phylogenetics;
- Neotropics;
- Platyrrhini;
- Leontocebus;
- Saguinus