Superagui Lion Tamarin

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The Superagui Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara) is a small New World primate of the Cebidae family. It is an endemic brazilian lion tamarin, found in a small area in the Brazilian coast, called Superagui. The species is one of the most recently discovered primates, being described only in 1990.

References

Rylands et al (2003). [Leontopithecus caissara]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered
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External links

ARKive - [images and movies of the black-faced lion tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara)]
[The Superagui Lion Tamarin's range (Natureserve.org)]

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