Cottontop Tamarin

Cottontop Tamarin

The cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), also known as the Pinché tamarin, is a small New World monkey weighing less than 1 lb (0.5 kg). The species is found in tropical forest edges and secondary forests in Northern Colombia where it is arboreal and diurnal.

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