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Black-handed Tamarin (Saguinus niger)CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Black-handed tamarins, also known as Western black-handed tamarins or black tamarins, are neotropical primates that live primarily in Pará, Brazil. Their home is bordered in three directions by rivers: the Amazon river in the north, the Tocantins...
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Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The cotton-top tamarin is native to a very small region of northwestern Colombia. Its limited distribution stretches from the Atrato River to the Magdalena River. These uniquely colored, clever primates are found in humid tropical forests as well as dry...
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Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Emperor tamarins, who go by the nickname “mustached monkeys,” are native to South America. They reside just south of the equator within the southwestern Amazon River Basin in eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and in the northwestern Brazilian states of...
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GEOFFROY'S TAMARIN (SAGUINUS GEOFFROYI)CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED
Once thought to be a subspecies of the cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), Geoffroy’s tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) is recognized today as its own species. Known by the aliases Panamanian tamarin, red-crested tamarin, and rufous-naped tamarin...
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Moustached Tamarin (saguinus mystax)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Moustached tamarins, also called Spyx’s moustached tamarins and black-chested mustached tamarins, are native to Brazil and Peru, where they are found in all layers of the Amazonian lowland rainforest, with the exception of flooded forests. They can...
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Pied Tamarin (saguinus bicolor)CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The pied tamarin, also known as the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin or pied bare-faced tamarin, has one of the smallest ranges of any primate in the world located in and around the Amazonian port city, Manaus. Pied tamarins thrive best in the continuous...
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red-chested mustached Tamarin (saguinus labiatus)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The red-chested mustached tamarin, also known as the red-bellied tamarin and the white-lipped tamarin, makes its home in the middle canopy of trees predominantly in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and connecting regions of Peru and Bolivia. Some...
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red-handed Tamarin (saguinus midas)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Also known as golden-handed tamarins, Midas tamarins, and yellow-handed tamarins, red-handed tamarins are found across a large area of northeastern South America. They are endemic to Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and found in Brazil, north of the...
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Black Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The black lion tamarin is a member of the tamarin family of monkeys that is found throughout South America. The black lion tamarin is one of the four subspecies of lion tamarins, which also include the golden-lion tamarin, the golden-headed lion tamarin...
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Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas), also called golden-headed tamarins, and are not to be confused with the closely related golden lion tamarins, are endemic to the Atlantic forest of coastal Brazil. Their preferred habitat is evergreen...
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Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil is home to the golden lion tamarin. Once found throughout the lowland coastal regions of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo, centuries of deforestation and encroaching urban development have wiped...
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Saddleback TAMARIN (Leontocebus FUSCICOLLIS)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The saddleback tamari, also known as the Andean saddle-back tamarin (and previously referred to as the brown-mantled tamarin), is a species of New World monkey whose geographic distribution includes the South American countries of Bolivia, Brazil...
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Weddell's Saddle-back TAMARIN (Leontocebus weddelli)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The Weddell's saddle-back tamarin is a species of New World monkey whose range overlaps the South American countries of Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. These highly adaptable tamarins live in the Amazon's southwestern basin, exploiting the lowland...
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