COMMON NAME: Golden Lion Tamarin (GLT) SCIENTIFIC NAME:Leontopithecus rosalia DIET: Mainly fruit and nectar. Also insects. YOUNG: Twins are frequently born. The lead female begins having young when she reaches 18 months of age. The entire group raises the Golden Tamarin babies. HABITAT: Swampy forests in the eastern part of Brazil. FACTS:
Infant care is cooperative. All members of the group will carry an infant.
The adult male of the breeding pair - the baby Golden Lion Tamarin's father - usually does the largest share of child rearing.
