Save the Golden Lion Tamarin is a U.S. non-profit dedicated to the conservation of the endangered GLT and its habitat, the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil.
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Happy #MonkeyMonday, the golden lion tamarin part 2
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Brazil’s golden lion tamarin, found only in the Atlantic Forest, has been saved from extinction with the population rebounding from 200 in 1977 to over 2,000 today.
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Look at how big our baby golden lion tamarin, Rio, has grown! He’s beginning to enjoy his independence from mom and dad, and exploring his habitat on his own.
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Keeper Megan captured this wonderful photo of one of our golden lion tamarin twins eating a locust for the first time! 🐜🐒🐒
Will you be lucky enough to spot our adorable twin golden lion tamarins during your next visit?
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Adult Golden lion tamarins alarm calling to the Golden-headed lion tamarins next door @BristolZooGdns #tamarin
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The #endangeredspecies Golden Lion Tamarin is one of the animals to see in rainforest of the biodome at the @EspacePourLaVie in Montreal. Excellent place to visit. – at Verneuil-sur-Seine, France
ALT Golden lion Tamarin
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There are four types of lion tamarins. Golden lion tamarins (like the one pictured here), golden-headed lion tamarins, black lion tamarins, and black-faced lion tamarins. They all live in eastern Brazil and they are all endangered.
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We’re wishing a Happy 1st Birthday to our golden lion tamarin twins, Ipa and Nema! They enjoyed a favorite food of golden lion tamarins both here at the Zoo and in the wild – bugs! Their birthday surprise included crickets and mealworms. #OnlyZooATL (video: Small Primate Team)
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Celebrating golden lion tamarin twins Ipa and Nema's first birthday today, and loving a look back at them as littlies last year! They grow up so fast! ❤️ #OnlyZooATL (photos: Small Primate Team)
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For more than two decades, Philadelphia Zoo has been partnering with @amld_oficial to protect the golden lion tamarin from extinction. 1/5
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In 2018, an unprecedented yellow fever epidemic in Southeast Brazil killed many people and reduced the golden lion tamarin population from 3,600 to 2,500. 3/5
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Learn more about how scientists and our partners at Save the Golden Lion Tamarin came up with this life-saving plan to protect this endangered species: youtube.com/watch?v=MKqoZF_-… 5/5
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Does this Friday have you feeling as golden as the golden lion tamarin? This critter’s name refers to its lustrous coat color & signature lion-like mane. It inhabits the Atlantic Forest that runs through Brazil, where it enjoys hanging out with its family in the tree canopy.🐵
ALT A golden lion tamarin perched on a thin tree branch. It has light golden fur and is facing the viewer. It appears to be about the size of a squirrel; a shaggy lion-like mane surrounds its bare-skinned brownish-black face. Green foliage is in the background.
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Happy Monday!
Are you ready for the week, or are you feeling a little a Golden lion tamarin this morning? 😄
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When looking for insects, these primates use a technique called micromanipulation: they use their long, slender fingers to find the insects inside narrow crevices in the tree bark. 🌳
Unfortunately golden lion tamarins are Endangered due to the loss of their forest habitat. (2/2)
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Marilyn and Medo, our pair of golden lion tamarins, arrived at Newquay Zoo in December 2020, and now live on Tapir Island along with our pygmy marmosets.
They are native to the rainforests of south-eastern Brazil and mainly eat soft fruit and insects. (1/2)
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Hand-Reared Baby Golden Lion Tamarin Twins Thrive Under the Loving Care of the Auckland Zoo laughingsquid.com/baby-golde…
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Did you know all members of the golden lion tamarin family group help care for the young? They also share food within their family but rarely with outside tamarins. Check out the Terrific Tamarin Pack & our Rainforest week in the #ZooGuardians store! bit.ly/3uPruMI
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🐵🦁 Spring into #WorldRainforestWeek! Golden lion tamarins live in humid forests in southeastern Brazil. To get around, they leap between branches + vines.
📱Put a virtual tamarin in your @ZooGuardians zoo! Download for #free in App Store + Google Play: bit.ly/3awkBrH.
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Time to go exploring! 🤠 Our Zoo360 trail system allows our animals, like golden lion tamarins and white-faced saki monkeys, to travel to through the Zoo. These species are native to South America and spend much of their lives traveling through the trees, eating fruits & insects.