Tamarin of Goeldi by Lucie and Thaïs

The tamarin of Goeldi lives in South America, is a little primate who lives in some tropical forest of the west of Amazonia, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. It was discovered in 1904.

The tamarin of Goeldi is 8 to 12 inch without its tail. Its tail can be10 to 14 inch.

He weighs around 1 pound

Description:

• black coat with some reflection brown and red

• On his head he has a mane which makes him a unique primate of South America

Way of life:

• arboreal primate

• lives with his family (2 to 8 primates)

• lives all the time in the tropical forest

  Food:

• omnivorous

• fruits (berry, fig, nut…)

• insects (caterpillars, grasshopper, spider…)

• little animals (lizard, frog, baby bird…)

• plants (sap...)

Dangers:

• destruction of its environment (deforestation...)