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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 .
“But, in the last five to 10 years, they’re almost exclusively small monkeys.” Pied tamarins are also susceptible to human herpes simplex virus, which can be fatal, and the zoo takes extra ...
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 ...
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.
There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals. Once on ...
Police arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo, authorities said Friday.
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.
Days before the monkeys were stolen, a man, later identified as Irvin, was asking questions about the animals at the zoo, including the tamarin monkeys and the “status and location” of the ...