Callithrix Erxleben 1777 Callithrix Erxleben 1777, Systema Regni Animalis: 55. Type Species: Simia jacchus Linnaeus 1758 Species and subspecies: 21 species with 2 subspecies in 4 subgenera: Subgenus Callithrix (Callithrix) Erxleben 1777 Subgenus Callithrix (Mico) Lesson 1840 Subgenus Callithrix (Cebuella) Gray 1866 Subgenus Callithrix (Calibella) van Roosmalen and van Roosmalen 2003 Species Callithrix (Mico) acariensis M. van Roosmalen, T. van Roosmalen, Mittermeier and Rylands 2000 Species Callithrix (Mico) argentata (Linnaeus 1771) Species Callithrix (Callithrix) aurita E. Geoffroy 1812 Species Callithrix (Mico) chrysoleuca Wagner 1842 Species Callithrix (Mico) emiliae Thomas 1920 Species Callithrix (Callithrix) flaviceps Thomas 1903 Species Callithrix (Callithrix) geoffroyi Humboldt 1812 Species Callithrix (Mico) humeralifera E. Geoffroy 1812 Species Callithrix (Calibella) humilis M. van Roosmalen, T. van Roosmalen, Mittermeier and de Fonseca 1998 Species Callithrix (Mico) intermedia Hershkovitz 1977 Species Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus (Linnaeus 1758) Species Callithrix (Callithrix) kuhlii Coimbra-Filho 1985 Species Callithrix (Mico) leucippe Thomas 1922 Species Callithrix (Mico) manicorensis M. van Roosmalen, T. van Roosmalen, Mittermeier and Rylands 2000 Species Callithrix (Mico) marcai Alperin 1993 Species Callithrix (Mico) mauesi Mittermeier, M. Schwarz and Ayres 1992 Species Callithrix (Mico) melanura E. Geoffroy 1812 Species Callithrix (Mico) nigriceps Ferrari and Lopes 1992 Species Callithrix (Callithrix) penicillata E. Geoffroy 1812 Species Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea Spix 1823 Subspecies Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea subsp. pygmaea Spix 1823 Subspecies Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea subsp. niveiventris Lönnberg 1940 Species Callithrix (Mico) saterei Silva and Noronha 1998 Discussion: Includes Mico (see Cabrera, 1958:185), Cebuella (see Groves, 1989:110-115), and Callithrix as subgenera, which Rylands et al. (2000) regarded as full genera. McKenna and Bell (1997) recognized Cebuella as a separate genus, but it forms a clade with Mico (Groves, 2001 c). The fourth subgenus, Calibella, was described by van Roosmalen and van Roosmalen (2003) as a full genus.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 129, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519