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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 .
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 bearded emperor tamarin and black-chinned emperor tamarin populations of the emperor tamarin were formally differentiated as distinct subspecies of in 1977. [ 6 ] The main evolution in morphological traits, compared to other tamarins, consists of a hypertrophied mustache, which they share with their last common ancestor. [ 6 ]
The black-chinned emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator imperator) is one of the two subspecies of the emperor tamarin. Unlike the bearded emperor tamarin, it has no beard. It is distributed throughout the rainforests of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. Not much on its conservation is known, so it is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN. After a ...
A pair of critically endangered pied tamarin monkeys were recently born at a zoo in southern Tennessee.. The Chattanooga Zoo said the mother, Daphne, had given birth to the healthy twins early on ...
A man was arrested in connection with the disappearance of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo. It's the latest in a string of mysterious incidents.
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 ...
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.