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This area is located next to Ussurri Falls, and is home to our golden tamarin.
Animals in Canopy of South America
Mammals
Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
Area:
South-eastern Brazil
Status:
Endangered
Quick Fact:
When family groups of golden lion tamarins confront one another, they raise their manes and fluff their fur.
Mammals
Eastern Pygmy Marmoset
Area:
Brazil, Ecuador and Peru
Status:
Vulnerable
Quick Fact:
Pygmy marmosets are the smallest monkeys in the whole world, with adults weighing just over 100 grams! Due to their specialised diet, these marmosets have a v-shape lower jaw and long, nail-like claws called 'tegulae, to gouge into trees creating 'gum holes' which other monkeys may raid.