An introduction
Welcome to my page! Here you will learn absolutely everything there is to know about the Golden Lion Tamarin, minus a few select details here and there.
In the Eukarya domain, in the sizable kingdom of Animalia, there lives a group of species by the genus name of Leontopithecus, the tamarins. In this group, there was a lone tamarin who rose above the rest: The Golden Lion Tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia. The Golden Lion Tamarin was the bravest of them all, it was said that his vertebrate-ness was so extreme as to make a mountain lion look like a spineless jellyfish. This, of course, was an exaggeration, but in any case, let it never be said that the Golden Lion Tamarin was invertebrate!
Though brave and courageous, the Golden Lion Tamarin was also cute. He was covered with fur, preened his friends' hair, and munched on a diet of plants, insects, small rodents, and whatever birds he caught sleeping.
The Golden Lion Tamarin does most or all of his hunting in and around Rio de Janeiro, in heavily forested areas. They require heavy forestation due to their sleeping and eating habits. They commonly sleep 30 feet up in a tree!
Besides being cute and cuddly, they have a history of being extraordinarily tamable - they were used as pets for many years until they became endangered. I can't imagine they'd be too terribly useful to bioprospectors as a medicinal source, but surely their friendly behavior and primate status lends them to lab work; in fact, they were used previously in the lab. They have become possibly the rarest mammal in existence now, though, and only around 400 are known to live, most in captivity. However, their future is promising, as they will successfully breed in captivity.
I chose the Golden Lion Tamarin for a few reasons. The first and foremost is that my friend has a band named the "Flying Tamarins", and I never knew what it meant. I saw the word "Tamarin" on a list of endangered species and went right for it! Now I plan on asking his permission to use some of his band's music to flesh out this page a bit. Another obvious reason to choose an animal like this is just so darn cute, and I love jungle animals. Girls like boys who like animals, right? Do you think I can get a girlfriend through my blog?
Sources:
Frantom, S. 1999. "Leontopithecus rosalia" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed February 07, 2006 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/.
In the Eukarya domain, in the sizable kingdom of Animalia, there lives a group of species by the genus name of Leontopithecus, the tamarins. In this group, there was a lone tamarin who rose above the rest: The Golden Lion Tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia. The Golden Lion Tamarin was the bravest of them all, it was said that his vertebrate-ness was so extreme as to make a mountain lion look like a spineless jellyfish. This, of course, was an exaggeration, but in any case, let it never be said that the Golden Lion Tamarin was invertebrate!
Though brave and courageous, the Golden Lion Tamarin was also cute. He was covered with fur, preened his friends' hair, and munched on a diet of plants, insects, small rodents, and whatever birds he caught sleeping.
The Golden Lion Tamarin does most or all of his hunting in and around Rio de Janeiro, in heavily forested areas. They require heavy forestation due to their sleeping and eating habits. They commonly sleep 30 feet up in a tree!
Besides being cute and cuddly, they have a history of being extraordinarily tamable - they were used as pets for many years until they became endangered. I can't imagine they'd be too terribly useful to bioprospectors as a medicinal source, but surely their friendly behavior and primate status lends them to lab work; in fact, they were used previously in the lab. They have become possibly the rarest mammal in existence now, though, and only around 400 are known to live, most in captivity. However, their future is promising, as they will successfully breed in captivity.
I chose the Golden Lion Tamarin for a few reasons. The first and foremost is that my friend has a band named the "Flying Tamarins", and I never knew what it meant. I saw the word "Tamarin" on a list of endangered species and went right for it! Now I plan on asking his permission to use some of his band's music to flesh out this page a bit. Another obvious reason to choose an animal like this is just so darn cute, and I love jungle animals. Girls like boys who like animals, right? Do you think I can get a girlfriend through my blog?
Sources:
Frantom, S. 1999. "Leontopithecus rosalia" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed February 07, 2006 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/.