Cotton-headed tamarin  (Saguinus oedipus)

Facts

Also known as:cotton-toptamarin and crested tamarin
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Callitrichidae
Genus Saguinus (1)
Size Head-and-body length: 21 – 26 cm (2)
Tail length: 33 – 40 cm (2)
Weight 300 – 450 g (2)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN B1 + 2abcde, C2a) on the IUCN Red List 2002 (1), listed as endangered by the USDI (3) and listed on Appendix 1 of CITES (4).