AUTHORS

Dara-Michelle Farr

Erica McCormick

Maria Kovell


http://www.mnzoo.org/conservation/conservation_grant_tamarin.asp



Of the three types of tamarins, the cotton-top marmoset can be distinguished by its bare face. It is on average 9 inches tall and is covered with red, brown, gray and white hair over most of its body. The tamarin has claw-like nails that aid it in clinging, running and leaping. Tamarins are social creatures that are very vocal within their like-species groups that they live closely around.

Friday, March 5, 2010

REASONS FOR DECLINE



Reasons for decline




  • Tamarins have lost more than three-quarters of their original habitat to deforestation, which has been cited as the chief reason for their steps toward extinction.

  • In addition to humans clearing forests, the tamarins’ habitat has also been destroyed by humans capturing the animals to bring them to pet trading for scientific research.

  • Heavy exporting of the tamarins for biomedical research specifically contributed to their decline in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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