Golden lion tamarin  (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Callitrichidae
Genus Leontopithecus (1)
Size Head-and-body length: 26 – 33 cm (2)
Tail length: 32 – 40 cm (2)
Weight 400 - 800 g (3)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (4).