Golden lion tamarin

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Golden lion tamarin[1][2]
Male at Copenhagen Zoo, Copenhagen, Denmark
Female at the Bronx Zoo, New York, United States
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[3]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[4]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Callitrichidae
Genus:	Leontopithecus
Species:	L. rosalia
Binomial name
Leontopithecus rosalia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
Jacchus rosalia brasiliensis Fischer, 1829 Jacchus rosalia guyannensis Fischer, 1829 Leontocebus leoninus Pocock, 1914 Leontopithecus aurora Elliot, 1913 Leontopithecus marikina Lesson, 1840 Simia rosalia Linnaeus, 1766

The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia; Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w do(w)ˈɾadu, - liˈɐ̃w -]), also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species.^[5] The range for wild individuals is spread across four places along southeastern Brazil, with a recent census estimating 3,200 individuals left in the wild^[6] and a captive population maintaining about 490 individuals among 150 zoos.^[3][7][8]