Red-Mantled Saddle-Back Tamarin Characteristics

Kingdom	Order	Family	Genus	Species
Animalia	Primates	Callitrichidae	Leontocebus	Leontocebus lagonotus

Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin Distribution

Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin Characteristics

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).

Red-Mantled Saddle-Back Tamarin Facts

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.

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Key References

^[1] – “Leontocebus lagonotus (Jiménez de la Espada 1870)-Encyclopedia of Life”. Accessed December 24, 2022. Link.

Red-mantled Saddle-Back Tamarin