Golden Lion Tamarin Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Image of a Golden Lion Tamarin taken in Philadelphia Zoo. The golden lion tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia, Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w̃ dowˈɾadu], also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species with an estimated wild population of about 3,500. individuals spread between four places along southeastern Brazil, and a captive population maintained at about 490 individuals among 150 zoos.