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Description: | This is the mounted skeleton of a Tamarin monkey. It may have been a pet that was gift to the Hancock Museum when it died. Lion tamarins are so named from a mane derived from long hairs on the top of the head, cheeks and throat. Sadly this beautiful animal is in danger of extinction. In the 19th century, it was widespread in Brazil in the coastal forests of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo. By the early 1980's it was known only from remnant forests in the state of Rio de Janeiro in an area considerably less than 900 sq km (350 square miles). | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.vertebratezoology.202408 | Go to resource |
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