Leontopithecus rosolia (Linnaeus, 1766) . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:41.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, coast, Rio Sâo Joâo (right bank), between 22° and 23°S. Locality is for L. r. rosolia, see Wied-Neuwied (1826) and de Carcalho (1965) .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Brazil: Rio Doce (Espirito Santo) south into Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: aurora, brasiliensis, guyannensis, leoninus, marikina .

COMMENTS: See Kleiman (1981, Mammalian Species, 148).