Cotton-topped+Tamarin

The Cotton-Top Tamarin is a primate native to Colombia, Southern America. They live in family groups in the trees communicating with birdlike whistles and soft chirping sounds. Cotton-Topped Tamarins usually give birth to twins, very rarely do they have just one baby. It's not just the females that raise the babies, as the males tend to the little ones as well, even the fathers and brothers lend a helping hand. In captivity Cotton -Top Tamarins have lived as long as 25 years, while in the wild the average life span is between 13 and 16 years. Hunting, the pet trade and habitat destruction have caused this monkey to become extremely endangered. Our zoo is very involved in supporting the cotton-top tamarin Species Survival Plan and Proyecto Titi, a project working with the indiginous people to save this species and their habitat. To learn more visit [|www.proyectotiti.org].

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