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Black-faced lion tamarin
Black-faced lion tamarin
(Leontopithecus caissara)
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Authenticated (17/12/05) by Matt Richardson, independent primatologist and writer.
Glossary
Arboreal:
living in trees.
Subspecies:
a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.
References
IUCN Red List (October, 2002)
http://www.iucnredlist.org
Richardson, M. (2005)
Pers. comm.
CITES (October, 2002)
http://www.cites.org
Macdonald, D. (2001)
The New Encyclopedia of Mammals
.Oxford University Press, London.
Primate Info Net (February, 2002)
http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/factsheets/leontopithecus_caissara.html
Animal Info (January, 2002)
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/leoncais.htm
The Wild Ones (January, 2002)
http://www.wildinvest.com/tamarin.html
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