Golden-headed Lion Tamarin

Taxobox
name = Golden-headed Lion TamarinMSW3 Groves|pages=133]
status = EN
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Rylands "et al"|year=2003|id=40643|title=Leontopithecus chrysomelas|downloaded=10 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered]
trend = down


image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cebidae
genus = "Leontopithecus"
species = "L. chrysomelas"
binomial = "Leontopithecus chrysomelas"
binomial_authority = (Kuhl, 1820)

The Golden-headed Lion Tamarin ("Leontopithecus chrysomelas") is a lion tamarin endemic to Brazil. It is found only in the lowland and premontane tropical forest fragments in the state of Bahia, and therefore is considered to be an endangered species.

References

External links

* ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Leontopithecus_chrysomelas/ images and movies of the Golden-headed Lion Tamarin "(Leontopithecus chrysomelas)"]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/imagerepository/GetImage?SRC=6&BATCH=49&FMT=gif&RES=600X615&NAME=leontopithecus_chrysomelas Golden-headed Lion Tamarin's range (Natureserve.org)]