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2022-04-24 / 1125 Read

Imperial Tamarix Monkey Breed Introduction

Imperial Tamarix Monkey (scientific name: Saguinus imperator) is a kind of marmoset. With two long white beards, he is used to sitting in a quiet place to eat and rest. The majestic beard and the seriousness produced by the quiet make it worthy of the English name "Emperor tamarin" (Emperor means "lord"). Another way of saying it is that it is called "Emperor" because it resembles Wilhelm II of Germany. The fur is predominantly grey with yellow spots on the chest. Inhabits the upper canopy of tropical rain forests or savannahs, rarely on the ground. Eat fruits, nuts, and other plant foods, as well as insects, spiders, frogs, small lizards and eggs. Tamarix monkeys live in the southwest of the Amazon Basin, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and Brazil's Acre and Amazon basins.

Chinese name: Imperial Tamarix monkey

Latin name: Saguinus imperator

Alternative names: Imperial mustache tamarin, emperor tamarin, long-bearded tamarin monkey, black tamarin Tamarisk monkeys, imperial marmosets, imperial marmosets

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordate

Class: Mammalia

Order: Primates

Family: Marmoset

Genus: Tamarix

Species: Tamarix

Subspecies: 2 species

Named and dated: Goeldi, 1907

English name: Emperor Tamarin

English name: Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin

Royal Tamarix monkeyCharacteristics

Imperial Tamarix monkey is 23-26 cm in length, 35-41.5 cm in tail length, and weighs 350-450 grams. long animals. The fur is predominantly grey with yellow spots on the chest. The hands and feet are black, and the tail is reddish brown. It is characterized by long white whiskers that reach to the shoulders. It has a claw with abnormal toenails, only the big toe has flat nails, and the other fingers and toes are claw-like sharp claws; there is a pair of nipples on the chest; the hind limbs are longer than the forelimbs; 32 teeth.

Imperial Tamarix MonkeyLife Habits

Living in the dense Amazon rainforest, it has a keen sense of vision, but poor sense of hearing and smell. It lives in the upper canopy of the rainforest all its life and rarely moves to the ground because food can provide it with enough water without having to look for water sources. They live in groups, each group of about 3 to 15, with a maximum of 40. They are active during the day and sleep in tree holes at night. The oldest female leads several males that help each other. Tamaris is often accompanied by other marmosets, such as the saddleback tamarin. They can make different noises to identify blockers.

The diet, like other marmosets, is omnivorous, mainly eating fruits, insects and tree sap. It also eats bird eggs and young vertebrates. Because of their light body, they can reach the ends of branches to eat.

Imperial Tamarix monkeysFeeding methods

Mating and breeding all year round, the marriage method is polygamy, polyandry With monogamy, the males of all households, father or not, help to give birth, care for and support the baby monkeys, taking the baby monkeys to the mother monkey to feed. Young monkeys are weaned after about 3 months and reach sexual maturity at the end of the second year. The gestation period of the female animal is about 140 to 145 days, and each litter is 1 to 3 cubs, but usually 2 cubs. Newborn marmosets will climb on their parents' backs to follow their parents' activities for food. They can move freely when they are 6 to 7 weeks old. They are weaned after 2 to 3 months, sexually mature at 16 to 20 months old, and have a life span of 17 to 20 years.