The white-lipped tamarin (''Saguinus labiatus''), also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a
tamarin
The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus ''Saguinus''. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Goe ...
which lives in the
Amazon
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* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
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area of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and
Bolivia.
The red belly of these
New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea ...
s is its most remarkable outward characteristic. Otherwise it is black with a thin white
mustache
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Etymology
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on its face and a black-brown back.
They live in
social groups
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of related animals. The mother usually gives birth to one or two young at a time. The father carries the babies most, but siblings (brothers and sisters) will also share the carrying of youngsters, and so learn how to be good carers.
There are three subspecies:
[
* '' Saguinus labiatus labiatus''
* '' Saguinus labiatus rufiventer''
* Thomas' moustached tamarin, ''Saguinus labiatus thomasi''
]
References
white-lipped tamarin
Mammals of Brazil
Mammals of Bolivia
white-lipped tamarin
Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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