PEQUENI & PANAMA
RED-BELLIED TAMARINS - Saguinus labiatus
Pequeni (b.31/07/2006) is a male red-bellied tamarin. He is great fun and loves nothing more than to chase around the enclosure with Panama.
Panama (b.03/03/2008) is a female red-bellied tamarind; full of adventure she loves to play with Pequeni.
These two came to us in March 2010 and have settled in well. They are very inquisitive and like to explore every inch of their enclosure.
ABOUT RED-BELLIED TAMARINS
Red-bellied tamarins are also known as ‘white-lipped’ tamarins.
Unlike marmosets, their canine teeth are larger than their incisors which mean that they cannot gnaw into tree bark to retrieve the gum.
Tamarins are omnivores which mean that they eat both plants and animals as a primary food source. They particularly like eating fruits and other plants as well as spiders, small vertebrates and bird eggs.
Common Name
Red-Bellied Tamarin
Latin Name
Saguinus labiatus
Conservation status
Least Concern
Distribution
Western Brazil, Northern Bolivia and Eastern Peru
Habitat
Forest canopies, swamplands and flooded forests
Height
Approx 20-30cm
Weight
Averages 400-500 grams
Wild Diet
Fruit, gum and small insects
Breeding
Usually only one female per group will breed each season, giving birth to 1 or 2 babies once a year
Behavior
Red-bellied tamarins live in groups of a single female and numerous males, or a group with lots of females and males but importantly only one of the females reproduce. Group sizes range from 2 to 15 tamarins.
They are diurnal and arboreal meaning that they are active both during the day and night and they live in trees. The offspring are cared for by the males. Tamarins sometimes mix with other species of
small monkeys
