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Golden Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus rosalia

Golden Lion Tamarin

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“The golden lion tamarin is a small monkey native to the coastal Brazil. Females typically give birth to twins. It has claw-like nails rather than flat nails like other primates.”

Scientific Classification

KINGDOM

Animalia

PHYLUM

Chordata

CLASS

Mammalia

ORDER

Primates

FAMILY

Callitrichidae

GENUS

Leontopithecus

Location

Brazil

Mammal

Omnivore

Habitat

Terrestrial, Forest

Food

Fruit, Insects, Small Mammals, Small Reptiles

Threat

Poaching
Habitat Destruction

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