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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
![Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)](https://www.colchester-zoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Golden-Lion-Tamarin-600x400.jpg)
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.
![Eastern Pygmy Marmoset](https://www.colchester-zoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pygmy-Marmoset-600x400.jpg)
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.