Cotton- Top Tamarin Scientific Name: Saguinus oedipusDid 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:
Here is a photo of a cotton top tamarin clinging to its parent.
Scientific Name: Saguinus oedipusDid 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:
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