One of the world's rarest mammals, the golden-headed lion tamarin, is also found in the canopy over cocoa trees.

The golden-headed lion tamarin lives within group sizes ranging from 2 to 11 individuals, the average sizes ranges from 4 to 7.

The study showed that in the wild the golden-headed lion tamarin spends about 50% of its time in only 11% of its home range.

The golden-headed lion tamarin spends much of its time foraging and traveling within its home range to the next foraging site.

The Atlantic Forest is highly fragmented, and the disappearance of this habitat is the main reason for the golden-headed lion tamarin's decline.

It's not everywhere you can look one of the rarest monkeys on earth, the golden-headed lion tamarin, in the eye as he jumps from tree to tree.

In the Titis gallery you can watch for example golden-headed lion tamarin, emperor tamarin, and cotton-top tamarin.

The IUCN Red List categorized the golden-headed lion tamarin as endangered in 1982.

In 1980 the Brazilian government created the Una Biological Reserve for the protection of the golden-headed lion tamarin and its habitat.

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin's range (Natureserve.org)

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

He founded the Rio de Janeiro Primate Center and he was the first person to breed the golden-headed lion tamarin.

ARKive - images and movies of the Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Either form bicycle or on foot, visitors can cover its trails, having a unique possibility of enjoying the wonders kept there, such as the Golden-headed Lion Tamarin.

The golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas), also the golden-headed tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to Brazil.

IBAMA asked Jeremy Mallinson to form and become chair of an IRMC for the golden-headed lion tamarin.

Manilkara rufula, along with its speciatic cousins M. longifolia and M. maxima, provide nectar as food for a primate called the golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas).

Endangered mammals in the ecoregion include the Maned Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus torquatus) and Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas).

Since these are harvested from the middle and lower part of the forest, Wied's marmoset often travels and forages in the company of the golden-headed lion tamarin, which forages in the canopy.

It is one of the leading institutions for breeding endangered and threatened species of animals and vascular plants, including the Spix's Macaw, Beira antelope, Golden-headed lion tamarin, dibatag and Encephalartos.

Such species include Von der Decken's Hornbill, Swainson's Lorikeet, Bali Starling, Geoffroy's Marmoset, Cotton-topped Tamarin, and Golden-headed Lion Tamarin.

Raboy & Dietz, who completed a study at Una Biological Reserve on diet and foraging patterns, observed that the golden-headed lion tamarin tends to defend a large home range relative to its small body size, (ranging from 40-320 hectares).

Monkeys are mostly housed in the Monkey Barn near the center of the zoo, and include cotton-top tamarins, Goeldi's monkey, golden-headed lion tamarin, pygmy marmoset, red ruffed lemurs, Squirrel Monkeys, white-fronted marmosets.

At a golden-headed lion tamarin site in Lemos Maia, it was shown that groups had an average home range of only 63 hectares, but they ranged in a patch of forest that was almost entirely discontinuous from the neighboring forests.

Antwerp Zoo has played its role in preservation and breeding programmes for several endangered species like the okapi, the Przewalski horse, the Congo Peafowl, the bonobo, the golden-headed lion tamarin, the European otter, the Knysna seahorse and others.

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

ARKive - images and movies of the Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

The golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas), also the golden-headed tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to Brazil.

Manilkara rufula, along with its speciatic cousins M. longifolia and M. maxima, provide nectar as food for a primate called the golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas).

Endangered mammals in the ecoregion include the Maned Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus torquatus) and Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas).