The Physical Characteristics of the Golden Headed Lion Tamarin

By Leah of Bank Street School For Children, NYC.

The animal that I have been studying is called the golden headed lion tamarin. It is a very small animal, and is about the size of a Chihuahua. Its head is golden and the rest of its body is mostly black. The color of the golden headed lion tamarin's fur blends in with the forest's colors and backgrounds. Its hands are gold, and there is also a strip of gold traveling down its tail. The golden headed lion tamarin's arms are very flexible and are not extremely long. Its hands and feet are much like a human's, but with longer nails. Overall, this animal looks like a small little monkey with black and gold fur.

Golden-headed lion tamarin natural history

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