What would you like to know about the Tamarin?:
What would you like to know about the Tamarin? Characteristics
Habitat
Diet
Location
Other interesting facts
Citations
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Characteristics:
Characteristics Small, orange-yellow monkey
Weight is somewhere in between 500-600 grams.
Life expectancy is approximately 15 years-only 40% of infants survive to adulthood.
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Habitat:
Habitat Prefer swamp forest
Humid, closed canopy forest with many vines and bromeliads
They prefer to sleep in tree holes, which provide warmth and protection from predators
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Location:
Location Atlantic Coastal forest of Brazil
Less than 2% of the forest remains here, which is why they are endangered!
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Other interesting Facts:
Other interesting Facts This animal forms tight, social communities of 2-9 other monkeys
Most of the births are twins
The male does most of the carrying of the infant-but all members of the community help with the infant.
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Diet :
Diet Omnivorous animals
Fruit, insects, and small lizards make up most of their diet.
This animal seeks out food in tree bark, and uses its long slender fingers to probe into these areas which is commonly referred to as micromanipulation.
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Citations:
Citations http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/EndangeredSpecies/GLTProgram/Learn/
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/tamarin.html
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