PaleoDB taxon number: 92613
Synonym: Leontocebus Wagner 1840 (taxon 235370)
Parent taxon: Callitrichinae according to J. C. Opazo et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Callimico, Callithrix, Cebuella, Lagonimiconini, Leontopithecus, Mico, Micodon, Patasola
Subtaxa: Leontocebus cruzlimai, Leontocebus fuscicollis, Leontocebus fuscus, Leontocebus geoffroyi, Leontocebus illigeri, Leontocebus lagonotus, Leontocebus leucogenys, Leontocebus nigricollis, Leontocebus nigrifrons, Leontocebus tripartitus, Leontocebus weddelli, Saguinus bicolor, Saguinus geoffroyi, Saguinus graellsi, Saguinus imperator, Saguinus inustus, Saguinus labiatus, Saguinus leucopus, Saguinus martinsi, Saguinus melanoleucus, Saguinus midas, Saguinus mystax, Saguinus niger, Saguinus oedipus, Saguinus ursulus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore