Joanna Malukiewicz, Vanner Boere, Maria Adélia Borstelmann de Oliveira, Mirela D'arc, Jéssica V A Ferreira, Jeffrey French, Genevieve Housman, Claudia Igayara de Souza, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Fabiano R de Melo, Mônica M Valença-Montenegro, Silvia Bahadian Moreira, Ita de Oliveira E Silva, Felipe Santos Pacheco, Jeffrey Rogers, Alcides Pissinatti, Ricardo C H Del Rosario, Corinna Ross, Carlos R Ruiz-Miranda, Luiz C M Pereira, Nicola Schiel, Fernanda de Fátima Rodrigues da Silva, Antonio Souto, Vedrana Šlipogor, Suzette Tardif
We provide here a current overview of marmoset (Callithrix) evolution, hybridization, species biology, basic/biomedical research, and conservation initiatives. Composed of 2 subgroups, the aurita group (C aurita and C flaviceps) and the jacchus group (C geoffroyi, C jacchus, C kuhlii, and C penicillata), this relatively young primate radiation is endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado, Caatinga, and Atlantic Forest biomes. Significant impacts on Callithrix within these biomes resulting from anthropogenic activity include (1) population declines, particularly for the aurita group; (2) widespread geographic displacement, biological invasions, and range expansions of C jacchus and C penicillata; (3) anthropogenic hybridization; and (4) epizootic Yellow Fever and Zika viral outbreaks...
December 22, 2021: ILAR Journal