White-lipped tamarin
| White-lipped tamarin | |
|---|---|
| At Singapore Zoo, Singapore | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | Saguinus |
| Species: | S. labiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saguinus labiatus (É. Geoffroy in Humboldt, 1812) | |
| Range of the White-lipped Tamarin | |
The white-lipped tamarin (Saguinus labiatus), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia.
The red belly of these New World monkeys is its most remarkable outward characteristic. Otherwise it is black with a thin white mustache on its face and a black-brown back.
They live in social groups of related animals. The mother usually gives birth to one or two young at a time. The father carries the babies most, but siblings (brothers and sisters) will also share the carrying of youngsters, and so learn how to be good carers.
There are three subspecies:
- Saguinus labiatus labiatus
- Saguinus labiatus rufiventer
- Thomas' moustached tamarin, Saguinus labiatus thomasi