Credits
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].
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.