White-lipped Tamarin

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White-lipped Tamarin
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cebidae Genus: Saguinus Species: S. labiatus
Binomial name
Saguinus labiatus (E. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812)

The White-lipped Tamarin (Saguinus labiatus), also known as the Red-bellied Tamarin. is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia.

The red belly of these New World monkeys is its most remarkable outward characteristic. Otherwise it is black with a thin white mustache on its face and a black-brown back.

They live in social groups of related animals. The mother usually gives birth to one or two young at a time. The father carries the babies most, but siblings (brothers and sisters) will also share the carrying of youngsters, and so learn how to be good carers.

There are three subspecies:

• Saguinus labiatus labiatus
• Saguinus labiatus rufiventer
• Thomas' Moustached Tamarin, Saguinus labiatus thomasi

[edit] References

• Heymann et al (2003). Saguinus labiatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 134. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.