scientific name

Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia

size/weight/height

Head Body Length: 13.4 -15.75"
Tail Length: 10.25 - 15"
Weight: 22-25 oz

adaptations/coloration

Color: entirely golden • face bare
Coat: long hairs of crown, cheeks & sides of neck form upright mane
Face: bare

behavior

Group: live in small family groups
Movement: travel restricted to foraging • rarely wanders more than a mile from sleeping area

reproduction/lifespan

Lifespan: up to 15 years in captivity
Mating: monogamous
Gestation: 126-128 days
Birth: single or non-identical twins common
Parenting: males play major role in raising young • young go back to mother to nurse then return to dad (true of all marmoset & tamarins)

diet

Wild: flowers, fruit, frogs, lizards, nectar, insects, plant sap & snails
Zoo: Marmoset Diet, bananas, eggs, grapes & oranges

habitat/range

remnant forest patches of Atlantic lowland • eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

status

endangered • CITES App I • due to severe habitat destruction (logging, farming, road building & urbanization) • SSP • TAG