Black chinned emperor tamarin (S. i. imperator)🐾

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SpeciesPrimatesCallitrichidae
Primates

🐾Emperor tamarin

Saguinus imperator (Goeldi, 1907)

황제타마린 (Saguinus imperator)은 타마린의 일종으로, 전해지는 바에 의하면 이름은 이 타마린이 독일 황제 빌헬름 2세를 닮은 데서 유래하였다. 페루 동부와 볼리비아 북부의 아마존 분지 남서쪽과 브라질 서부의 아크리주와 아마조나스주에서 서식한다. 황제타마린의 털은 주로 회색을 띠며, 가슴에 노란 반점들이 있다. 손발은 검고 꼬리는 갈색을 띤다. 두드러진 특징은 길고 흰 콧수염으로 양쪽 어깨 너머까지 뻗어 있다. 몸 길이는 24 ~ 26 cm, 꼬리는 35cm까지 자란다. 몸무게는 약 300에서 400g까지 나간다. 황제타마린은 2종의 아종이 있다. 검은턱황제타마린 (Saguinus imperator imperator) 턱수염황제타마린 (Saguinus imperator subgrisescens)

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≈ 1/130th of your weight
Also called
Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Key measurements
Body mass
0.48 kg
Body length
0.31 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
24 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Emperor tamarin

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.48 kg
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  • 0.52 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
0.31 m
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Maximum lifespan
24 years
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  • 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
7.7 years
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Age at maturity
1.7 years
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Gestation
145 days
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  • 145 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
about 2
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  • 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Home range
0.22 km²
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Population density
16 per km²
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Volume l
0.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Emperor tamarin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderPrimates
  5. ›familyCallitrichidae
  6. ›genusSaguinus
  7. ›speciesSaguinus imperator
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. infraorderSimiiformes
  3. subfamilyCallitrichinae
  4. genusSaguinus
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. suborderHaplorrhini
  12. infraorderSimiiformes
  13. subfamilyCallitrichinae
  14. genusSaguinus
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What it eats
insects and other invertebrates40%
fruit30%
nectar30%
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Kaiserschnurrbart-Tamarin (de), Saguinus imperator (es), Tamarin empereur (fr), Saguinus imperator (it), エンペラータマリン (ja), keizertamarin (nl) … and 22 more languages
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