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https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/how-brazil-is-working-to-save-the-rare-lion-tamarins-of-the-atlantic-forest/>
"The Atlantic Forest that hugs the coast of Brazil is home to four small
primates found nowhere else on Earth. The most famous of them, the golden lion
tamarin, appears on Brazil’s 20-real bill, a part of the day-to-day
interactions of people across the country. But not everyone knows the primate’s
conservation story, which began in the 1960s and saw it saved from likely
extinction through years of challenging work. Its lesser-known but equally
charismatic cousins have similar tales of narrowly avoiding extinction, all of
which have unfolded in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil’s most devastated and
fragmented biome.
For five months, ((o))eco’s reporters interviewed researchers who work, or have
worked, to protect the four small primates belonging to the genus
Leontopithecus, the lion tamarins. In the Darwinian lottery, these species
emerged winners with their distinctive color schemes that led to their popular
names: fully golden (golden lion tamarin,
Leontopithecus rosalia), fully
black (black lion tamarin,
Leontopithecus chrysopygus), black with a golden
face (golden-headed lion tamarin,
Leontopithecus chrysomelas), and golden
with a black face (black-faced lion tamarin,
Leontopithecus caissara). The
species are distributed, respectively, in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São
Paulo, southern Bahia, and in the border region between Paraná and São Paulo.
Aside from having similar appearances, sizes and habits, the four tamarins have
also been similarly affected by the destruction of their habitat, the Atlantic
Forest. The fates of at least three of the tamarins was altered due to the
special work of Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho (1924-2016), considered the father
of Brazilian primatology."
Via
Future Crunch Jun 20, 2022:
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
