🐒Golden lion tamarin
The golden lion tamarin, less commonly known as the golden lion marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species. Its geographic range is entirely within the state of Rio de Janeiro. A 2022/2023 census estimated about 4,800 individuals living in the current primary area of occurrence in the non-coastal area of the São João and Macaé river basins, with unknown but smaller additional numbers in limited coastal forests and to the west of the primary area of occurrence. There is a captive population maintaining about 490 individuals among 150 zoos.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 0.62 kg
- Body length
- 0.3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 32 years
Everything we know about the Golden lion tamarin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.62 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.65 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length0.3 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass14 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan32 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 32 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length9.86 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation132 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 128 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.26 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density6.59 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Golden lion tamarin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyCallitrichidae
- ›genusLeontopithecus
- ›speciesLeontopithecus rosalia
- classMammals · Mammalia
- infraorderSimiiformes
- subfamilyCallitrichinae
- genusLeontopithecus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderHaplorrhini
- infraorderSimiiformes
- subfamilyCallitrichinae
- genusLeontopithecus
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