White-footed tamarin
A species of Tamarins, Also known as Silvery-brown tamarin Scientific name : Saguinus leucopus Genus : Tamarins
White-footed tamarin, A species of Tamarins
Also known as:
Silvery-brown tamarin
Scientific name: Saguinus leucopus
Genus: Tamarins
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Description General Info
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Description
The white-footed tamarin exhibits a silvery pale brown back with lighter streaks. The front is russet colored. The tail is brown, sometimes with a white tip. Feet and hands are also white. The face is only thinly furred with white hairs. Thick brown hair is around the neck and between the ears. Its forelimbs are shorter than its hindlimbs. Its vision, auditory, and olfactory senses are very sharp. Average adult male can weigh 494 g and the average adult female is only slightly smaller, weighing 490 g. Other primates have nails on each digit but tamarins have claws on all digits except the big toe. 
General Info
Lifespan
13-16 years
Diet
White-footed tamarin's dietary habits primarily revolve around its preference for fruits and plant exudates. However, its varied diet also includes insects and small vertebrates, making it a flexible omnivore.
Appearance
The white-footed tamarin is a petite primate, featuring a slender body covered luxuriantly by dense fur, colored creamwhite. It boasts a prominent head with large, expressive dark eyes advisedly posed beneath its broad forehead. Its face is decorated with a delicate pinkish muzzle, extending into a sleek tail longer than its entire body. No significant visual discrepancies exist across ages, genders, or subspecies.
Behavior
White-footed tamarin is a highly social species, living in cooperative groups of 2-15 members. They exhibit distinctive territorial behavior, often with males marking territory using scent glands. Known for diurnal activities, they forage for fruit, insects, and small vertebrates during daylight. Intriguingly, white-footed tamarin carries its young on its back for the first month, manifesting unique parental care behavior.
Population
Decreasing
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Mammals Order
Apes Family
Arctopitheci Genus
Tamarins Species
White-footed tamarin 
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