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Jun 1, 2022 · The Atlantic Forest that hugs the coast of Brazil is home to four small primates found nowhere else on Earth. The most famous of them, the golden lion tamarin, appears on Brazil’s 20-real bill ...
Golden lion tamarins are omnivores, eating a wide variety of fruits, insects and other invertebrates, as well as small vertebrates and bird eggs. Zoo diet includes a variety of fruits and vegetables, mealworms, crickets and commercially available marmoset chow. Tamarins have long slender fingers for micromanipulation.
lion tamarin. golden lion marmoset, ( Leontopithecus rosalia ), species of tamarin having a lionlike thick mane, a black face, and long, silky, golden fur. A striking-looking animal, it is found only in fragmented forest habitats in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, where it is listed as endangered. This article was most recently revised ...
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).
The golden lion tamarin is between 200-366mm long (8-13in) with a tail length of between 315-400mm (12-15in). There is no sexual dimorphism. They have small, rounded heads adorned with a thick golden mane on the crown, cheeks, throat, ears and shoulders. Their bare faces are flat and have widely spaced nostrils.
Dec 19, 2022 · A signature mane similar to that of a lion and a beautiful golden fur coat is what has earned them their ‘Golden Lion’ title. These small arboreal primates are found only in the lowland Atlantic Forest (Ruiz-Miranda et al., 2019), its center of range is the basin of the Rio São João, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (IUCN, 2021).
Sep 15, 2012 · Golden lion tamarins live in the rapidly diminishing Atlantic Forest, a richly biodiverse region that stretches down through Brazil and into Argentina and Paraguay. The Reserva Biológica Poço das Antas, a 28,000-acre (11,331-hectare) forest reserve near Rio de Janeiro, protects the golden lion tamarin’s habitat.
