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The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins , Goeldi's monkeys and marmosets .
The cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) is a small New World monkey weighing less than 0.5 kg (1.1 lb). This New World monkey can live up to 24 years, but most of them die by 13 years. One of the smallest primates, the cotton-top tamarin is easily recognized by the long, white sagittal crest extending from its forehead to its shoulders.
The emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator) is a species of tamarin monkey allegedly named for its beard's resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II. [3] It lives in the north Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas [ 2 ] and the southwest Amazon Basin , in east Peru , north Bolivia .
Facts About Critically Endangered Cotton-Top Tamarin Monkeys. Tamarins are small monkeys, with adults weighing on average 15 ounces with a body length of 8-10 inches. When the twins were born ...
Chester Zoo in the UK is celebrating the "exceptionally rare" birth of two Cotton-Top Tamarins after mom gave birth to twins. On August 9, 2024, the Chester Zoo shared details and photos of the ...
This species is native to wooded areas north of the Amazon River in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and possibly Venezuela. [3] A population of tamarins south of the Amazon River that lack the contrasting feet and hands was previously believed to be a sub-population of golden-handed tamarins but is now treated as a separate species, the black tamarin.
Threatened by deforestation and the exotic pet trade, pied tamarin monkeys could become extinct in just decades Critically endangered twin monkeys are born at the Chattanooga Zoo Skip to main content
Like the other tamarins and marmosets, Geoffroy's tamarin is a New World monkey classified within the family Callitrichidae. [2] In 2001, Colin Groves included the Callitrichids in the family Cebidae, which also includes capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys, but in 2009 Anthony Rylands and Russell Mittermeier reverted to older classifications which considered Callitrichidae a separate family.