Golden Lion Tamarin
The golden lion tamarin (also called the golden lion marmoset) is a small, squirrel-sized mammal with a lion-like mane. Tamarins live in small family groups.
Golden lion tamarin
Leontopithecus rosalia
Species Information
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Golden Lion Tamarin
Genus: Leontopithecus
Species: rosalia
The Golden Lion Tamarin is one of the most endangered mammals in the world. This Tamarin monkey is nearly extinct primarily because of its magnificent mane.
Golden Lion Tamarin Range
Fast Facts
Type: Mammal Diet: Omnivore Average life span in the wild: 15 years Size: Head and body, 7.5 to 8.75 in (19 to 22 cm); Tail, 10.25 to 13.
The Golden lion tamarin was first described to the European world by the Jesuit Pigefetta, chronicler of the voyage of Magellan. He described them as "beautiful simian-like cats similar to a small lion.
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Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
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Golden Lion Tamarin
Leontopithecus rosalia
Range:
Atlantic lowland coastal rainforest of Brazil.
Golden lion tamarins are omnivorous, feeding on fruits (80 % of their diet), gum, nectar, insects, and small vertebrates. Golden lion tamarins actively search crevices, bark, bromeliads, and other hiding places for their prey.
Golden lion tamarin
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Endangered; CITES: Appendix l
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Golden Lion Tamarin
With 90% of their habitat destroyed, and as few as 1,000 animals remaining in the wild, golden lion tamarins are considered endangered.
Golden lion tamarins breed at any time of the year and keep to one partner. The gestation period is 5 months and usually twins are born.
Golden Lion Tamarin
A small, golden-haired arboreal tamarin from rainforests in Brazil.
Gorilla
Gorillas are great apes from Africa. They are in danger of extinction.
Jumping for insects: Golden lion tamarins are very agile and can leap and jump from branch to branch easily with their extremely strong legs. .
Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
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They include several Red Data Book species, like the golden lion tamarin whose home in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest has been practically eliminated, ...
Black Lion Tamarin (L. chrysopygus) Â- Golden Lion Tamarin (L. rosalia) Â- Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (L. chrysomelas) Â- Superagui Lion Tamarin (L. caissara)
Saguinus
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in the sides of their shells, giving the appearance of a waist. This is more pronounced in male red-footed tortoises. At Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, five can be seen in the Rainforest Building in the same exhibit with the Golden Lion Tamarins.
 See also: Lion, Sloth, Gorilla, Lemur, Panda
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