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Golden Lion Tamarin
Subject: Golden Lion Tamarin
Poster: "Alan Hill" (1@alan-hill.freeserve.co.uk)
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File size : 80010 bytes File date : 2000:05:06 08:27:25 Resolution: 1024x768 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 23:13:10 -0000

Golden Lion Tamarin


Adult Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) photographed at Jersey
Zoo. This picture was scanned from an old slide. It needed quite a bit of
Photoshopping - which may be obvious to a critical eye - but I still like
it. For personal/educational only.
Alan Hill


gliontam.JPG

Comments
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The Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia), or Golden Marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Cebidae. Native to the humid coastal forests of Brazil, the Golden Lion Tamarin is an endangered species and among the rarest animals in the world, with an estimated wild population of 1,000 individuals and a captive population of approximately 500.
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Scientific Name: Leontopithecus rosalia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Names:
English – Golden Lion Tamarin, Golden Marmoset
French – Singe-lion, Tamarin Soyeux
Synonyms:
Leontopithecus aurora Elliot, 1913
Leontocebus leoninus Pocock, 1914
Leontopithecus marikina Lesson, 1840
Jacchus rosalia guyannensis Fischer, 1829
Jacchus rosalia brasiliensis Fischer, 1829

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