Pied tamarin

Appearance

The pied tamarin's body measures 20.8-28.3 cm.; including the tail it measures 33.5-42.0 cm. Males weigh 428 grams . Its life expectancy is approximately 10 years in the wild.

Status

Major protected areas outside Manaus include:

⤷  The Rio Negro State Park
⤷  The Sauim-castanheiras Wildlife Refuge
⤷  The Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
⤷  The Walter Egler Forest Reserve of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
⤷  The Military training area of the Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva
⤷  The Tupé Sustainable Development Reserve
⤷  The left margin of Rio Negro Environmental Protection Area – Tarumã-Açú/Tarumã-mirim Sector

Major protected areas within Manaus include:

⤷  The campus of Universidade Federal do Amazonas
⤷  The buffer zone around the Eduardo Gomes international airport
⤷  The buffer zone around the Ponte Pelada regional airport
⤷  The Sumauma State Park
⤷  The Mindu Municipal Park
⤷  The worker's country club SESCI
⤷  The worker's country club SESI
⤷  The 1ºBIS/CIGS military zoo and surrounding areas

Behavior

Individuals live in groups of 2 to 15 members with little intra-group competition. Average group size in the Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke is 4.8 individuals per group , and other areas around Manaus reported mean group sizes of 6.19 ± 2.62 . Only the alpha female of the group will breed. Reproduction in other females of the group is behaviorally suppressed. The gestation lasts 140–170 days and mothers typically give birth to twins. Young tamarins are cared for primarily by the father and turned over to the mother only to nurse, however the entire group helps with the care of the young.

Tamarins are omnivorous, their diet consisting of fruit, flowers, nectar, insects, spiders, small vertebrates and bird eggs. Its natural predators are small cats, birds of prey, and snakes. In urban setting main predators are domestic and feral cats and dogs. Due to the destruction of their natural habitat the species is at risk. However, the species also occurs in several protected areas.

Reproduction

Individuals live in groups of 2 to 15 members with little intra-group competition. Average group size in the Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke is 4.8 individuals per group , and other areas around Manaus reported mean group sizes of 6.19 ± 2.62 . Only the alpha female of the group will breed. Reproduction in other females of the group is behaviorally suppressed. The gestation lasts 140–170 days and mothers typically give birth to twins. Young tamarins are cared for primarily by the father and turned over to the mother only to nurse, however the entire group helps with the care of the young.

Tamarins are omnivorous, their diet consisting of fruit, flowers, nectar, insects, spiders, small vertebrates and bird eggs. Its natural predators are small cats, birds of prey, and snakes. In urban setting main predators are domestic and feral cats and dogs. Due to the destruction of their natural habitat the species is at risk. However, the species also occurs in several protected areas.