Cotton+Top+Tamarin

Cotton- Top Tamarin   media type="youtube" key="U5YWPmItWDQ" height="265" width="320"  Scientific Name: //Saguinus oedipus// Did you know, the cotton-top tamarin, as you can see in this photo, is named after its white, fluffy hair? Did you know, it is one of the most endangered primates in Colombia? Did you know 3/4 of the cotton-top tamarins' habit has been deforestated? Did you know it only weighs 14 to 16 ounces? Did you know the cotton-top tamarin babies cling to their father for their first twenty-one days? Here is what a cotton-top tamarin sounds like: media type="youtube" key="X9RgK-2MPIk" height="265" width="320"

media type="file" key="kbrennan_animalspeechmp3.mp3" References:

“Cotton-Top Tamarin”. __Wild Life Fact File.__ 1991.

“Cotton-Topped Tamarin”. __zooschool.ecsd.net.__ 22 Apr. 2009. 

Long, Kristina. “Cotton-Top Tamarin”. __Primate Info Net.__ 2009. University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. 17 Apr. 2009. 

“Tamarin”. __The New Funk& Wagnails Illustration Wildlife Encyclopedia.__ United States. BPC Publishing Limited. 1980.