New Brazilian monkey takes to trees.Since 1990, when researchers discovered the black-faced lion tamarin The four species of lion tamarins make up the genus Leontopithecus. They are small New World monkeys named for the mane surrounding their face. Living in the eastern rainforests of Brazil, like all other callitrichines they are arboreal. (SN: 6/30/90, p. 406), a surprising six additional living primates Primates The mammalian order to which humans belong. Primates are generally arboreal mammals with a geographic distribution largely restricted to the Tropics. have come to light in the rain forests of Amazonia. Brazilian researchers have named the latest addition to the primate order Callithrix saterei, after the Satere Indians of the region, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the June Goeldiana. Commonly called the Satere marmoset marmoset (mär`məzĕt'), name for many of the small, squirrellike New World monkeys of the family Callithricidae. Members of this family are all found in tropical South America, with one species found also in Central America. , the squirrel-sized creature sports an elegant coat of reddish fur. The lively little animal spends its days scampering over tree bark, which it assaults with its razor-sharp teeth. The marmoset then laps up sweet, energy-rich sap as it oozes out. |
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