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Leontopithecus chrysopygus (golden-rumped lion tamarin)

Synonyms: Jacchus chrysopygus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus), also known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to the Brazilian state of São Paulo, almost exclusively at the Morro do Diabo State Park. Its limited geographical range makes it the rarest of the New World monkeys, with little known about it. It was thought to be extinct for 65 years until its rediscovery in 1970. On average, the black lion tamarin weighs 590–640 grams (21–23 oz).
View Wikipedia Record: Leontopithecus chrysopygus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Leontopithecus chrysopygus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
49
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.32
EDGE Score: 3.92
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.257 lbs (570 g)
Birth Weight [2]  55 grams
Male Weight [2]  1.146 lbs (520 g)
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  50 %
Forages - Arboreal [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  1 year 9 months
Male Maturity [2]  2 years
Gestation [2]  4 months 12 days
Litter Size [2]  2
Litters / Year [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  18 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  12 inches (30 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

Prey / Diet

Struthanthus martianus[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Oxyruncus cristatus (Sharpbill)1
Pitangus sulphuratus (Great Kiskadee)1
Turdus rufiventris (Rufous-bellied Thrush)1
Tyrannus melancholicus (Tropical Kingbird)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Bird frugivory on Struthanthus concinnus (Loranthaceae) in Southeastern Brazil, Tadeu J. Guerra and Miguel Ângelo Marini, Ararajuba 10 (2): 187-192 (2002)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0