Golden-mantled Tamarin

• Common Name: Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1878
• Monkey Size: 21.8 to 24 cm (8.58 to 9.45 in)
• Skin Color(s): Bright golden to creamy
• Habitat: Rainforest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Ecuador, Peru

The golden-mantled tamarin^[1] (Leontocebus tripartius) is native to South America.

• It is found in Peru and Ecuador, especially in the upper Amazon (lowlands), east of the Andes in Ecuador, and northeastern Peru, between the Curaray River and the Napo River in Peru.
• This tamarin measures 218 to 240 mm from the tip of the nose to the beginning of the tail and has a tail length of 316 to 341 mm.
• The length of its ear is 31 to 32 mm. The head is black, with a continuous collar of black hairs below the throat.
• The muzzle and sometimes the face is pure white, and the neck has a light gold collar with cream fur on the back that contrasts sharply with the black crown.
• Its underside is orange. The long tail is non-prehensile, like all tamarins, and the large eyes are forward-facing.

• The golden-mantled tamarin is an arboreal, diurnal species that leaps and walks quadrupedally through the undergrowth.
• Due to their small size, limited intestinal volume, and rapid passage of food, these tamarins require a high-quality diet of nutrients and available energy.
• They are known to be less active and more social during the dry season due to scarce food sources.
• Like other callitrichids, Saguinus tripartus lives in groups where only the dominant females mate, usually with several males.
• The species can distinguish much information from odors, such as species, sex, social rank, and reproductive status.