| Golden-handed Tamarin (Saguinus midas (Linnaeus, 1758)) |
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Scientific name: Saguinus midas (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: Golden-handed Tamarin Other names: Red-handed Tamarin French name: Tamarin à mains dorées, Tamarin aux mains rousses, Tamarin à mains jaunes. Family: Cebidae Size: Body size: 20 to 28 cm; Tail length: 31 to 44 cm; Weight: 400 to 550 g, males are heavier than females. Biotope: Secondary forests, open forests, woodland edges, river banks with large trees. They spend most of the time among high branches. Food: Omnivorous, fruits, insects, spiders, snails, frogs, lizards, buds, nectar and sap from trees. Longevity : 10 years (up to 16 years in captivity). Geographic area: Forests north of the Amazon river, Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana. |
The Golden-handed Tamarin is a completely black monkey except the feet and the hands which are golden, yellow or reddish orange. The upper side of the body is marbled with long yellowish hairs. They live in small groups of 5 to 15 individuals dominated by one breeding female. There are generally two young per brood. Mainly males take care of juveniles. |
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I have shot this picture on the side of the road going from Roura to the embankment to Kaw. I think that these Golden-handed Tamarins had just gone down to the ground to cross the road. I have parked my car and I have shot a few pictures in the far while they were climbing up again on the high trees. |
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I have only seen two members of the group. These pictures are important crops because of the long distance to the subject. |
André Bon November 2014