Golden lion tamarin
Leontopithecus rosalia
A small monkey with a golden mane, living high in the coastal rainforest of southeast Brazil.
Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Búscalo en nuestro mapa del mundo
¿Sabías que…?
A golden lion tamarin weighs only about 650 grams, less than a pound and a half.1
It pokes its long, thin fingers into cracks in tree bark to find insects.1
Tamarins sleep in tree holes at night, where they stay warm and safe.1
Babies are usually born as twins, and the father does most of the caring.1
They eat fruit, insects and small lizards.2
Quiénes están ayudando
Most of the forest they live in has been cut into small patches. People in Brazil are replanting forest so tamarin families can travel from one patch to the next again.
Noticias
- Endangered Golden Arrival (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
A golden lion tamarin baby was born at Colchester Zoo in England, joining a big sister in a breeding programme that helps the species.
- GLTs Expected to Cross Wildlife Bridge Soon (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Trees on a leafy bridge over a Brazilian highway are now tall enough that tamarins should start crossing it within a year.
Las elegimos y revisamos cada mes. Las noticias enlazadas están en inglés.
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Foto: Henrique Bitencourt, via iNaturalist. Distribución dibujada a mano a partir de mapas de distribución publicados.