Golden-handed Tamarin
Saguinus midas

CLASS: Mammalia
ORDER: Primates
FAMILY: Callitrichidae

SIZE:
Body length 8 - 11 inches; tail length 13 -17 inches; weight 15 - 20 ounces

RANGE:
Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname

HABITAT:
Tropical Forests, edges, swamps; open high canopy preferred

DIET:
Wild - Fruits, seeds, insects and other animal prey
Zoo - Fruits, biscuits, insects

DESCRIPTION:
Yellowish-red hands and feet; black head, face, and underparts; black back variegated with yellow. Tail of tamarins is never banded.

FACTS:

• Group size ranges from 2 - 12
• Quadrupedal
• Dirunal and arboreal
• They forage at 16 - 82 feet. They prefer large branches and leap up to 26 feet.
• Individuals solicit grooming by "lying down with throat exposed to groomer."
• Threat display includes wrinkling the muzzle, head shaking, baring the teeth, and calling. Breeding female dominates the group. Males do not threaten her.
• Mating is preceded by mock fighting and tonguing. Scent marks are made before and after mating and during threat displays.
• Contact call: pi-pi-pi; Warning call: di-ah