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

TAXONOMY


Taxonomy – Saguinus oedipus

Suborder: Haplorrhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Subfamily: Callitrichinae
Genus: Saguinus
Species: S. oedipus

The tamarin also goes by: cotton-headed tamarin or white-plumed bare-face tamarin.
IMAGE: This Cotton-top tamarin skull is 2.1 in / 5.3 cm. http://www.fossilsasart.com/primate_skull_repl.asp
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