Golden lion tamarin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the golden lion tamarin lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leontopithecus rosalia
Group	Monkeys
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Mass	60.6 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Callitrichidae

Where does the golden lion tamarin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the golden lion tamarin in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a golden lion tamarin?

Wikidata records the following for the golden lion tamarin: mass 60.6 g (birth weight).

Is the golden lion tamarin endangered?

The golden lion tamarin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the golden lion tamarin?

The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Callitrichidae, genus Leontopithecus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the golden lion tamarin

The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia; Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w do(w)ˈɾadu, - liˈɐ̃w -]), less commonly known as the golden lion marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species. Its geographic range is entirely within the state of Rio de Janeiro. A 2022/2023 census estimated about 4,800 individuals living in the current primary area of occurrence in the non-coastal area of the São João and Macaé river basins, with unknown but smaller additional numbers in limited coastal forests and to the west of the primary area of occurrence. There is a captive population maintaining about 490 individuals among 150 zoos.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Golden lion tamarin (revision 1381210765), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q208486 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).