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Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan, 1823) 

Black lion tamarin, Golden-rumped lion tamarin

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1970

 

Distribution

São Paulo, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Fatoretto, Bruna T. et al. (2022). A comparison of rectal and oral cultivable microbiota in wild and captive black lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysopygus, Mikan 1823). American Journal of Primatology 84(4-5): e23370. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23370

Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]

PSG (IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group) (2008) Black Lion Tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan 1823). http://www.primate-sg.org/CR/L.chrysopygus.htm. Accessed November 2008, IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), Arlington, VA.

Secco, Helio et al. (2022). Golden lion tamarins use artificial canopy overpass to get around: a new road for their conservation? Biodiversity 23(3-4): 156-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2022.2140709

 

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