Red-mantled Saddle-Back Tamarin

• Common Name: Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1870
• Monkey Size: 22.0 to 27 cm (8.7 to 11 in)
• Skin Color(s): Red/bright-orange
• Habitat: Forest, rainforest, mountain
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Ecuador, Peru

The Red-mantled saddleback tamarin^[1] (Leontocebus lagonotus) is a species of saddleback tamarin, a species of small South American monkey.

• The red-mantled saddleback tamarin was once thought to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin Leontocebus fuscicollis.
• It has a head and body length of between 220 millimeters (8.7 in) and 270 millimeters (11 in), with a tail length of between 275 millimeters (10.8 in) and 330 millimeters. (13 inches) long.
• It weighs between 350 grams (12 oz) and 400 grams (14 oz).

• The Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin lives in Peru and Ecuador, and its type locality is in Peru, near the confluence of the Amazon and Napo.
• Red-mantled saddleback tamarins are arboreal and diurnal and spend most of their time in trees.
• The life expectancy of wild red-mantled saddleback monkeys is between 8 and 13 years. Those in captivity have a maximum lifespan of 24.9 years.
• These tamarins are known to defend their territory against strangers; chases and fights may occur. But not all intergroup encounters are aggressive; some are peaceful.
• Their small size makes them vulnerable to predators, especially raptors (like harpy eagles), ocelots, and snakes.