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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Red Handed Tamarin (Saguinus Midas)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the red-handed tamarin. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, behavior and lifestyle, diet, predators, life cycle, and the threat from deforestation.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Speak Monkey: The Language of Cotton Top Tamarins

For Students 9th - 10th
Anne Savage teaches a few cotton-top tamarin chirps and calls, taking us through a day in the life of Shakira the tamarin as Shakira signals to her family, talks to her food and warns against potential predators. [5:14]
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus Oedipus)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and read statistics and facts about the Cottontop Tamarin, including where they live, their appearance, diet, behaviour, breeding habits, and status as an endangered species.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Geoffroys Tamarin (Saguinus Geoffroyi)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Saguinus Geoffroyl, more commonly known as the geoffroys tamarin.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus Rosalia)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Leontophithecus Rosalia, more commonly known as the Golden Lion Tamarin.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pied Tamarin (Saguinus Bicolor)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the pied tamarin, an endangered species. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, behavior, diet, predators, reproduction and development, and population status.
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Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo: Golden Lion Tamarin

For Students 9th - 10th
The Denver Zoo features a comprehensive overview of the golden lion tamarin focusing on its habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Golden Headed Lion Tamarin

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Primates exhibit at the National Zoo, this site highlights various facts and interesting information on the Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin. In addition to several pictures, the site provides a description and information on...
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Chicago Zoological Society

Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Cotton Top Tamarin

For Students 9th - 10th
One page profile of the cotton-top tamarin that provides quick facts, a photo, and details on the appearance, habitat, conservation, breeding habits, social traits, and other unique characteristics of this endangered animal.
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Other

Audubon Nature Institute: Golden Lion Tamarin

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the golden lion tamarin to discover details about its behavior, eating habits, range, conservation status, and other unique facts.
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Cotton Top Tamarin

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover fun facts and learn about the habitat, breeding, diet, and conservation status of the cotton-top tamarin.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Small Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian National Zoological Park explores the lives of small mammals, both in the wild and in captivity. Choose a webcam to view a variety of small mammals live and up-close, learn about current conservation efforts, access an...
Website
University of Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Primate Research Center: Primate Info Net

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about primates, includes links to primate centers and organizations. Find out about the International Directory of Primatology. Click into "Resources on Primatology" and then "About the Primates" to get to primate-specific...
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Rainforest Strata

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a picture on the layers of the rain forest with yellow eyes all over. You click on the yellow eyes and learn about an animal. You may have to search for it by going to the home page.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Primate

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers several paragraphs of information on the term, "Primate," including a species chart and hyperlinked terms.
Interactive
Other

In Pieces: 30 Species. 30 Pieces. 1 Fragmented Survival.

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this interactive exhibition featuring 30 of the world's most interesting but unfortunately endangered species. The exhibition provides useful research information and a video on each endangered animal.