Reflections on the Golden Lion Tamarin | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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GWC’s Chief Conservation Officer Shares Long History of Saving Brazilian Icon from Extinction

By Russ Mittermeier, GWC Chief Conservation Officer

This Sunday, August 2, is Golden Lion Tamarin Day, and how appropriate is that?! This brilliant little golden monkey, the scientific name of which is Leontopithecus rosalia, has been a symbol for conservation in Brazil now for half a century. It is known around the world, its image has appeared on Brazil’s 20 Real note since 2002 (in two different versions) and in many ways it has become for Brazil what the Giant Panda is for China. Conservation efforts on its behalf have become a model for international cooperation on how to save an endangered species, and this model has been applied to the other three lion tamarin species, to other Brazilian primates, and to species conservation in Brazil in general. Nonetheless, in spite of all the efforts on i...