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media type="custom" key="21319230" **Conservation Status:** Critically Endangered **Body Length:** 20–30 cm **Weight:** 400–450 g  **Gestation:** 140 days **Number of young:** 1-2
 * Scientific Name: ** //Saguinus oedipus//

Cotton-top Tamarins are hunted by small native cats, birds of prey and large snakes. Cotton-top Tamarins are found in north-western Colombia. They inhabit tropical rainforest edges and secondary forests.
 * Distribution: ** North-western Colombia**Habitat:** Rainforest
 * Description: ** Cotton-top Tamarins have a distinctive white mane which tapers to a ‘mohawk’ above their head. They have white underbellies and a dark brown back and tail.
 * Diet: ** They are **omnivores** and eat insects, fruit, spiders, sap, blossom, leaves, nectar, birds’ eggs, lizards and small tree frogs.
 * In the wild: ** Among tamarins, it is the female who chooses her mate. Cotton-top Tamarins form groups of 3–9 with a dominant pair and their offspring.
 * Threats: ** Tamarins are at most risk from the loss of their natural rainforest habitat in South America. Threats to this species include logging for the timber industry, land clearing for agriculture and the illegal pet trade.
 * At Perth Zoo: ** Perth Zoo’s Cotton-top Tamarins can be seen in the Lesser Primate area

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 * Did** **You Know?**
 * have specialised sharp teeth for eating insects
 * use their magnificent coats for territorial displays
 * are usually born in pairs of non-identical twin
 * Cotton-top Tamarins are omnivo
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