Tamarin+Period+6

Cody Harrison and Michael Harris Teamwork
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1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?
South America: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Guyana, French Guinea Central America and South Costa Rica It's small, squirrelike, with a long tail. Many sub-species.

Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?)
It lives in rainforests in lower eastern Brazil mainly

Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal
Emperor Tamarin, Golden Lion Tamarin, Cottontop Tamarin, Pied Tamarin, Geoffroy’s Tamarin Tamarins belong to the family Cebidae. Golden Lion tamarins are genus Leontopithecus. Others are genus Saguinus.

Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal
U-shaped lower jaw, squirrel size but with longer tail, golden/orange lion mane [Golden Lion Tamarin], puff of white fur on top of head [Cottontop Tamarin], long white mustache [Emperor Tamarin], Tamarins have much longer lower canines to help bite tree bark.

Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats.
In the Lower East Coast of Brazil thanks to de-foresting and construction.

Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered
Illegal animal trade De-foresting and Construction

Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment
People capture and trade it illegally. People destroy it’s home, environment, and habitat. There were no statistics

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held.
The Tamarin is located in the Atlanta zoo and the San Diego zoo. The GLTA [Golden Lion Tamarin Association] was founded in November 1992 in Brazil. Great Ape Trust of Iowa helping in Brazil

4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?
Great Ape Trust of Iowa is helping by moving Tamarins onto farmers land in Brazil and paying the farmers to let them live there safely. It has worked well so far.

Devra Kleiman and her associates at the Smithsonian national zoo. Dr. Benjamin Beck, Great Ape Trust director of Conservation

**Bibliography (All Resources Used)**
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar545930&st=tamarin http://go.grolier.com/ http://flickr.com/search/?q=Tamarin&l=3 [|http://www.greatapetrust.org/]