Mura's saddleback tamarin (Leontocebus fuscicollis mura) is a subspecies of monkey that was first seen by scientists in 2007 in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.[1] The monkey, which is mostly gray and brown, weighs 213 grams (7.5 oz), is 240 millimetres (9.4 in) tall, and has a 320 millimetres (13 in) tail.[2]
According to the discoverers of this new subspecies, Mura's saddleback tamarin is threatened by several planned development projects in the region, including a proposed gas pipeline, two hydroelectric dams currently in the beginning stages of construction, and, most notably, a major highway cutting through the Amazon that is currently being paved. Conservationists fear the highway could fuel wider deforestation in the Amazon over the next two decades.[3]
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^Rylands, Anthony B.; et al. (2016). "Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 1–26. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^New monkey discovered in Brazilian Amazon, Reuters, July 7, 2009
^"New monkey discovered in Brazil". Retrieved 2017-03-08.
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