Cotton Top Tamarin

Common name- Cotton Top Tamarin

Scientific name- Saguinus Oedipus

Kingdom- Animalia

Phylum-Chordata

Class-Mammalia

Family- Callitrichidae

Size- 7in-12in

Location: Northwestern Columbia between the Rio Atrato and the Rio Cauca

The Cotton Top Tamarin’s range occurs in north-western Colombia between the Rio Atrato and the other Rio Cauca and Magdalena, in the departments of Atlantico, Sucre, Cordoba, and western Bolivar, north-western Antiquoia.

Groups have been seen in the Islas del Rosario and Tayrona National Park in the Sierra  Nevada de Santa Marta. Central America can be considered the main habitat for the Cotton Top’s. A little area next to Panama, the mainland of Colombia.

Physical Attributes:

The Cotton Top Tamarin’s fur can range from black, white, brown and tan. The tail however is all brown.

Diet:

They consume strictly fruits because they do not have big enough canines to bite their way through nutshells and clams.

Social Behavior:

Tamarins are known for living in troops and helping each other.
They love to groom each other in groups to also feel safer.

These Tamarins enjoy being high up so that they will not be bothered.

Extinction/Predation:

 Unfortunately for the Tamarins, their predators can all reach high ground quickly. Their main predators include hawks, snakes and even wild cats. The cotton top tamarin typically does not live past 15 years most of the time, which is why they are critically endangered. The reason for their endangerment is based on deforestation, how much wildlife is being taken away from them. There are only about 300-1000 left in the world

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