GOLDEN LION TAMARINS

Family name: Callitrichidae

Genus: Leontopithecus

Species: rosalie

Common name: sauim vermelho, red lion monkey, mico leão

Physical Appearance:These lion tamarins are covered in a golden fur.

Geographic Range:Golden lion tamarins call the 5,000 hectare Poco das Antes Biological Reserveone their home.

Biome:Tropical deciduous forest

Habitat:Isolated parts of the Eastern Atlantic Brazilian rainforest

IUCN Status: Endangered Threats to Survival:Less than 3% of the forest orginally inhabited by golden lion tamarins remains today. The clearing of the rainforest provides quick cash in the sale of firewood and an area where cattle can graze.
Cecilia Kierulff and her assistants survey wild populations of golden lion tamarins hoping to identify their threatened homes and move them to safer parts of the rainforest. She has sucessfully relocated seven golden lion tamarins: two adult males, two adult females, a juvenile female and two infants - a male and a female.

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