Golden lion tamarin by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Mar 09, 2018

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Description

The golden lion tamarin , also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species and there are only around 1,000 left in the whole world. individuals spread between four places along southeastern Brazil, and a captive population maintained at about 490 individuals among 150 zoos.