Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho (June 4, 1924 – June 27, 2016) was a Brazilian

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and primatologist. He is a pioneer in studies of and conservation of

lion tamarins The four species of lion tamarins or maned marmosets make up the genus ''Leontopithecus''. They are small New World monkeys named for the mane surrounding their face, similar to the mane of a lion. Description Living in the eastern rainforests ...

. He is founder and Former Director of the Rio de Janeiro Primate Centre.

Coimbra Filho's titi Coimbra Filho's titi monkey (''Callicebus coimbrai'') or just Coimbra's titi is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to forests in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe. It was first discovered by Shuji Kobayashi. It is co ...

is named after him.

Life and career

Coimbra-Filho was born in Fortaleza. He began his career in 1947. He rediscovered the

black lion tamarin The black lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus chrysopygus''), also known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to the Brazilian state of São Paulo, almost exclusively at the Morro do Diabo State Park. Its limited geographical ...

, and assisted in conservation of the

golden lion tamarin The golden lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus rosalia'', pt, mico-leão-dourado , ), also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion t ...

through a zoo-based breeding program in collaboration with Devra G. Kleiman.Siegel, Robert; Norris, Michele (2010)
Biologist Devra Kleiman.

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His awards and honors include the Augusto Ruschi Award from the

Brazilian Academy of Sciences The Brazilian Academy of Sciences ( pt, italic=yes, Academia Brasileira de Ciências or ''ABC'') is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded on May 3, 1916. Publications It publishes a lar ...

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1924 births 2016 deaths Brazilian biologists Primatologists {{brazil-scientist-stub