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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 (Leontopithecus rosalia; Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w do(w)ˈɾadu,-liˈɐ̃w-]), also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species. [5]
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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In the 1970s, when scientists began efforts to save the species, there were just 200 golden lion tamarins left, according to AMLD. In Brazil, the animal became a symbol for wildlife preservation ...
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 monkey supplements its diet of sap with fruit, nectar, flowers and seeds, as well as spiders and insects. Since these are harvested from the middle and lower part of the forest, Wied's marmoset often travels and forages in the company of the golden-headed lion tamarin, which forages in the canopy.