Black-faced lion tamarin pictures and facts

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Black-faced lion tamarin

Order : Primates
Family : Callitrichidae
Species : Leontopithecus caissara

The Black-faced lion tamarin is listed as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the black-faced lion tamarin

An arboreal species, the black-faced lion tamarin is active in the day and uses its long dextrous digits to forage for fruit, insects, and nectar (2).

The Black-faced Lion Tamarin is a

The black-faced lion tamarin is found in lowland forest. (Full text)

The black-faced lion tamarin is threatened by the development of tourism, the harvesting of palm hearts, and further deforestation to provide more land for (Full text)

The Black-Faced Lion Tamarin is certainly the rarest and possibly the most endangered of the South American primates. (Full text)