Emperor tamarin
Saguinus imperator / Emperor tamarin
- Habitat
- tropical rainforest
- Continent
- South America
- Food
- Fruits, insects, small animals, flowers and tree sap
- Gestation/breeding period
- 140 - 145 days
- Mode of life
- small family groups
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Primates
Key facts
~ 25 cm
size
~ 500 g
weight
~ 20 years
age
How endangered are Emperor tamarins?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
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Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
In the field, tamarins are important dispersers of plant seeds and thus indirectly contribute to the reforestation of cleared areas.
Emperor tamarin on the zoo tour
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