Tamarins and marmosets are the smallest monkeys (primates) in the world. The golden lion tamarin is the largest and related to the golden headed and golden rumped tamarins - all are among the most endangered of all mammals.

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Image: Tamarin (Golden Lion) by Bart van Dorp

Information sourced from:

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Leontopithecus rosalia [online], Available from:  
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11506/0 [accessed 15/08/2015].

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