Introduction and Biography of Golden Lion Tamarin

Golden Lion Tamarin

The golden lion tamarin (also famous with another name as the golden lion marmoset) is a minute, squirrel-sized animal with a lion-like curls. Tamarins live in diminutive family grouping. They are diurnal (most energetic during the daytime); at hours of darkness, they relax in the hollow of a tree.

Golden Lion Tamarin's family

The life duration is regarding 15 years. The golden lion tamarins are in threat of extinction due to the defeat of habitat as their jungle residence is being cleared.

Diet:

The golden lion tamarin is an omnivore (eats both meat and leaves of the plants); it also eats tiny insects, sweet fruit, tiny snakes, lizards, snails, all types of spiders, and fresh vegetables. Tamarins mostly uses their claws to excavate for insects in the howl of trees.

Habitat and Distribution:

The golden lion tamarins are arboreal (they be alive in the trees). They live in coastal steamy rainforests in the eastern Brazil, South America.

Anatomy:

Golden lion tamarins are enclosed with long, soft, gold-highlighted fur; the appearance/face, hands and feet are bare.

Golden Lion Tamarin

Mature golden lion tamarins range from about 8 - 14 inches (20 to 36 cm) long and a tail that is from 12 - 15 inches (31 to 40 cm) long. Dissimilar nearly all other primates, they have grazes (and not unexciting nails). Males and females are related in appearance.

Enemies:

The golden lion tamarin is chased / hunted by snakes, jaguarondis, eagles, jaguars, ocelots, and hawks.

Classification:

Order Primates, Species L. rosalia, Kingdom Animalia (animals), Class Mammalia (mammals), Genus Leontopithecus, Family Callitrichidae (marmosets, tamarins).