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The golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas), also the golden-headed tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to Brazil. It is found only in the lowland and premontane tropical forest fragments in the state of Bahia, and therefore is considered to be an endangered species. It lives at heights of 3–10 metres (9.8–32.8 ft).
Size: golden fur all over, mane sometimes darkening or black Habitat: Diet: EN Golden-headed lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Kuhl, 1820) Bahia, Brazil: Size: black fur with golden face, arms, and tail Habitat: Diet: EN Black lion tamarin or golden-rumped lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan, 1823) São Paulo, Brazil
The golden lion tamarin tends to be active earlier and retire later in the warmer, wetter times of the year as the days are longer. [17] During drier times, it forages for insects longer as they become scarcer. [17] [18] Golden lion tamarins are characterized by using manipulative foraging under tree barks and epiphytic bromeliads. Their sites ...
Facts About Golden Lion Tamarins Golden Lion Tamarins are one of the smallest primate species on earth, weighing just 1.3 to 1.5 pounds and measuring around 8 to 10 inches in length, excluding ...
Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin, Leontocebus nigrifrons; Genus Leontopithecus. Golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia; Golden-headed lion tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysomelas; Black lion tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysopygus; Superagui lion tamarin, Leontopithecus caissara †Genus Patasola †Patasola magdalenae †Genus Micodon †Micodon ...
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Golden-headed lion tamarin is a primate endemic species of Bahia coastal forests. ... National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) Platyrrhini is a parvorder of primates. Members of this parvorder are called platyrrhines, or New World monkeys, and include marmosets, tamarins, and capuchin, squirrel, night, titi, saki, howler, spider, and woolly monkeys. Platyrrhini is one of three clades that form the suborder Haplorrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates. They are ...