Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin - Facts | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Namedfortheirlong,goldenmanes,Golden-headedliontamarinsarenativeandliveonlyinBrazil.Theyareconsideredtobeanendangeredspecies.

The main threat to Golden-headed lion tamarins is the loss of the habitat. The forest of Bahia, Brazil has been reduced to 2% due to farming, ranching, mining, and urbanization. The Atlantic Forest is highly fragmented, and the disappearance of this habitat is the main reason for the Golden-headed lion tamarins decline. The majority of the forest was once dominated by cocoa plants through a method known as cabruca. This is a system of shade cropping in which the middle and understory trees are removed and replaced with cocoa trees. Although tamarins habitat is reduced, they still leave old growth trees which give them a place to forage and to sleep. In 1989 farmers abandoned their cocoa plants due to a fungus that attacked their harvest. The old growth which was once available abundantly to the tamarins was destroyed to harvest timber, clear land for cattle or grow other...